[Chainmail]

I agree with the navy hospital part but a GCM? General Courts are the highest military court, usually reserved for serious crimes like rape, murder, treason and the like...

The sergeant made an idiot of himself and kicked a truck - not exactly a firing squad situation, is it?

Bet you never commanded anything.

[Gay State Conservative]

General Courts are the highest military court, usually reserved for serious crimes like rape, murder, treason and the like...

I never ran afoul of the UCMJ during my Army hitch...not even an Article 15.Therefore I can't claim to be an expert on military justice.However,if you check the Army's,Navy's and AF's JAG websites you'll see more than a few General Courts Martial scheduled for certain drug offenses.So they're used for things less serious than murder and treason.Perhaps a former JAG lawyer will chime in here...I know that there are at least a couple here on FR.

The sergeant made an idiot of himself and kicked a truck - not exactly a firing squad situation, is it?

Check my posts and you'll see I never mentioned a firing squad...or anything close to that.

Bet you never commanded anything.

The Army wanted me to attend OCS in '69 but I said "no",mainly because I knew that the life expectancy of an O-1 in SE Asia was about 20 minutes.