Posted on 06/24/2013 2:56:12 PM PDT by Greystoke
A member of the U.S. Army Band who said he was reprimanded for having anti-Obama bumper stickers on his personal car, serving Chick-fil-A sandwiches at a party and reading books written by conservative authors like Sean Hannity was found guilty of three Article 15 charges. Master Sgt. Nathan Sommers, a decorated soloist with the Army Band, was found guilty Thursday of failing to go to an appointed place of duty, disobedience of an order and making a false official statement, his attorney said. The charges were handed down June 9, one day after Sommers told Fox News that he was facing discrimination and persecution because of his conservative political and religious beliefs.
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A Master Sgt can only be demoted by Dept of Army...or Court Martial. No rank can be taken
He may be near retirement...so did not want to fight it
Indeed. Thanks for the ping!
“this isn’t the Army I enlisted into 40 years ago tomorrow, June 25th.”
True.
As a MSG he can't lose rank in an Article 15. Even a field grade Article 15 can only reduce an E-5 or E-6.
I got out just over 30 years ago and my memory isn’t what it was.
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