[delacoert]

Yes RR, your response is calm, level-headed, and reasonable here - although I think, maybe, you meant to say, "...the authority to dismiss without with prejudice, without the possibility of appeal.

Whatever the correct phraseology is, I believe you are correct.

The political situation that these fine Marines have been sucked into is outrageous, but the only way out is through the mud.

I believe these good men can and will get out, by going through.

I believe that those with eyes to see, will see - will see the ultimate value of men that endure.

I believe that the value of men that endure is eternal and incalculable.

[RedRover]

Whoops, yes, you're right--I got that wrong! One too many "withouts".

And you're right about the value of endurance. Somehow these men and their families have found a strength they probably never knew they had. It's allowed them, by and large, to stand together. And that has been crucial.