“....if military justice itself is corrupted....”
It’s not corrupted, it’s user friendly. For the longest time there has been a real shortfall on people in the military and to fill certain jobs within it that no one wants. Closing off career fields, forced cross training like Palace Balance, and cutting off other career field from advancement and SRB’s, (selective reenlistment bonuses), have become tools to try to stay with the fast leaving troops. So the article 15 also became the way to keep people in line so they could reenlist without poisoning their chances. It’s all about numbers.
But this is the UCMJ. It’s a game of standoffs.
rwood
In the Air Force, an Art 15 is pretty poisonous for your changes to re-up.
Colonel, USAF (ret)