Actually an Officer can be “busted” down to an enlisted rank, I have known several such former officers.
The process is called RIFFing or “Reduction in Force” where they are given the choice of getting dismissed or becoming an enlisted person.
And it does not have the same stigma as a BCD does if they are dismissed.
So once again your opinion is not backed up by the facts.
I said a commissioned officer cannot be busted down in rank by a court martial not that he could never be busted down in rank. It’s not an opinion. See the Manual for Courts Martial page II-129. The SecDef can reduce the rank of a commissioned officer, which is also in the MCM.
Dismissal, Dishonorable Discharge, and Bad Conduct Discharge are all punative discharges. I didn’t say BCD and Dismissal were equivalent. I said Dismissal of a commissioned officer is the equivalent of a DD.
Between the two of us, you’re the only one stating an opinion.