[river rat]

The Letter of Reprimand is P.C. chicken shit in the extreme..
This will have the effect of forcing some "officers" to be more concerned about the "rights of prisoner" than the lives of their troops..

Col. West did the right thing, for the right reason, for the right folks...
He has earned our gratitude and respect....NOT a letter of reprimand.

Semper Fi

[visualops]

If I had some moola, I'd take out a full page in the Slimes to expose this crap for what it is.

[cavtrooper21]

No.
P.C. in the extreme would be 20 years in Levenworth, with NO pay and NO benifits and NO rank.
Because thats what the max is for his violation of the UCMJ.
LTC West is getting exactly what he thought he would be getting when he informed his CO about the incident.
If it hadn't been for some whiney malcontented crybabies in his command, he might not have even been reprimanded.
That does not make what he did correct or excusable.

LTC West did the WRONG thing, for the right reason, and for the right people. That is why he will go home with his rank, the respect of most of his troops and the benifits that he has earned for 20 + years of good and loyal service.
His next employer will not pay much attention to the LoR.
And I'm grateful to him for saving some of our troops, and I respect him for being honest and having the moral courage to act in the manner he did.

[Publius6961]

Col. West did the right thing, for the right reason, for the right folks...
He has earned our gratitude and respect....NOT a letter of reprimand.

I think the good Col might disagree with that.
He is a professional; an officer with a brain. He knows the rules and when to break them.

He also knows that there are consequences. He, unlike other shrill voices here, is aware that being a robot with a manual is not the true role of leadership.

God bless him in his well-earned retirement.