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The highest this should have ever gone was his C.O. Most of this garbage started with Murtha’s crusades against the military back in the day when sit on their hands Rummy and Gates refused to man up and defend the ones serving under them. I was Navy but I can’t imagine any officer I knew nor any of my CO’s allowing anyone under them to be given such an unjust treatment like this. This is being allowed to undermine morale and unfortunately the damage is already done. Who would want to live under the stress he did? Who wants to be second guessed at every decision in a combat zone?