Posted on 08/09/2005 6:26:45 PM PDT by RandallFlagg
Seeing something like this makes you wish you could legally carry a LAWS rocket.
The left doesn't believe in private property, because they're all a bunch of damned commies.
Alexis Fecteau sounds like a light-in-the-loafers name to me.
I'm thinking dishonorable discharge - not to bright for a Lt. Col.
Bone smuggler?
How stupid and juvenile can you get. And, an AIR FORCE officer at that. The fly-boys are supposed to be the cream of the crop in intelligence in the military.
He's French.
Becki
I guess that guy covered up his Mondale/Ferraro stickers with John Kerry Stickers.
According to google, his phone number is (719) 528-8084.
Call him him up and tell him how you feel.
He's got a pretty big house. I wonder if he'll be able to pay for it when he's flipping burgers.
This is similar in concept to a case I served on a military "court" for, back in the day. That was an airman who pleaded guilty to what would have been a minor crime in the civilian world, a no jail time, suspended sentence, sort of thing, but which carried some heavy penalties on the military side upon conviction (or a guilty plea).
We could have recommended a dishonorable, but felt the kid had learned his lesson by then, and for the good of the service decided to recommended the minimum penalty with the dishonorable discharge being suspended. AFAIK, the Airman, who worked in the pharmacy of the base hospital, successfully completed his enlistment with no more trouble.
I do not expect this Lt. Col. to get off so easily. Partly because "times have changed" and partly because as a Lt. Col. he is to be held to a higher standard than a 19 or 20 year old Airman.
Very easy, assuming he doesn't plead down to a much lessor charge in the civilian court. A full court martial will not even be required, as punishment on the military side will only require conviction in civilian court. Way beyond an open and shut case. More a matter of an an administrative hearing before a board of officers, smaller than a full military court.
There. That's better.
That page is about an Army Patriot unit, not an Air Force unit. The Air Force doesn't operate the Patriot or other SAMS (the Luftwaffe does however) and they, the Air Force, also don't have battalions, they have Flights, Squadrons, Groups and Wings.
Read again. Since the offense did not occur on base, or while was on duty, the Air Force does not have primary jurisdiction. However after the civilian courts finish with him, assuming he comes out with a conviction or guilty plea, then the Military Justice system will get his ass, and the only thing that need be put in evidence is that civilian court conviction. The Convining Authority, probably the Regular USAF commander of the unit, will be advised as to punishment by a board of officers, who will only have so much leeway in the sentence they recommned. IIRC, they will have to recommend a dishonorable discharge, but they could also recommend that the sentence be suspended, pending restitution and possible other punishment (reduction in rank, loss of pay, etc). I predict it won't be a mere slap on the wrist, although it might not go all the way to loss of pension, not that a Reservist's pension is all that much anyway, depending on how many years, if any, he served on active duty before becoming a reservist.
NSSI/DO
Phone: (719) 593-8794 x203
Alt Phone: Toll Free (866) 767-7287 x203
Email: nssido@schriever.af.mil
The Director of the Air Force Reserve would be the person who coordinates the activities of the reservist members of the NSSI, especially the part time "true" reservists.
If he's 42, he likely came in a bit later than that. If he was 21 when commissioned, which is typical for ROTC and AFA, then he would have come in in 1984. Still before the time of the 'toon. However, only 20 or 21 years of service, some part of it as a reservist, and a Lt. Col. actually is a bit ahead of the zone, depending on how much of it was as a reservist, how much as a pure reservist and how much of it as a full time reservist.
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