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And I'd be happy to take that cashless job so long as it involved talking and no moving to California. Your politicians give me heartburn all the way across the states; I'd probably go on the warpath if I lived too close to them.

Then you'd have to defend your employee to keep him out of prison. :>)

An officer dismissal covers any forced exit from service for conviction at a court martial. While it is treated administratively the same as a dishonorable, it isn't always for violent crime or desertion as is a dishonorable.

Dismissal of Officer Upheld in Haiti Case
AP
Published: November 28, 1995•Sign In to E-Mail •Print
FORT DRUM, N.Y., Nov. 27 — The dismissal of an Army captain who left his post to investigate reports of human rights abuses at a Haitian prison was upheld today by the commanding officer of the 10th Mountain Division.
But the commanding officer, Maj. Gen. Thomas N. Burnette, reduced a court-martial panel's recommended punishment and dismissed a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer against Capt. Lawrence Rockwood for lack of evidence, said a Fort Drum spokesman, Maj. Rudy Cohen.
Captain Rockwood, a 15-year Army veteran, was stationed in Haiti during the United States' intervention there when he conducted an unauthorized inspection of the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince on Sept. 30, 1994. He accused his superiors of ignoring reports of mistreatment of inmates.
In May, Captain Rockwood, a counterintelligence officer with the 10th Mountain Division, was found guilty of failure to report for duty, being disrespectful of a superior officer, disobeying a superior officer and conduct unbecoming an officer.
A court-martial panel decided against imposing prison on Captain Rockwood but recommended that he forfeit all pay and be dismissed.