Quote Originally Posted by dsirkle View Post
It jumps right out at you that he called a Navy guy a Private doesn't it?. But I must tell you that while a member of the military is governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice while he is in there and they would like you to believe that a Court Martial that you may receive for some foolish infraction in the military will follow you into civilian life it does not no matter what they tell you. If you are court martialed for something that is a Felony in the real world than you will have a Felony on your record. But if you are court martialed for something that is not a crime but just some baloney put on you by some officer it won't hinder you at all. I received a General Court Martial for eating a hamburger on guard duty by a Yankee hating Lieutenant from Northern Florida 30 some years ago and was told by my Battalion Commander that I would be unemployable when I got out of the Army. I was put on guard duty while standing in line to enter the mess hall because a guy on guard duty went on emergency leave and I was ordered to take his place. My friend brought me a hamburger because I had missed dinner. This Lieutenant was quite proud of himself for bringing me to justice for such a serious crime. I made a good living after I got out. Nobody in the real world cared that I had eaten a hamburger. Only a military mind could be concerned about something such as this.
indeed in a matter of courts martial where you get tried by jury but still remain enlisted in the military it will not affect you but in the matter of Non Judiciary Punishment (which im not sure if it is simply a case where the navy and marine corps only do this or if it is a matter of a different era) or NJP as we like to call it, this is where you go and get tried for "crimes" you have committed just like your eating of a hamburger and the judge jury and executioner is your commanding officer the result of this could range anywhere from being put on restriction to being discharged under less than honorable terms the former does not stick around but the latter definately will and to further worsen it if you recieve a dishonorable, bad conduct or less than honorable discharge you cannot work for anyone who has any contract with the Navy which now days is almost any company you can think of and all of this hinges on weather or not your commanding officer is having a good day and believe me i have seen people get discharged through NJP for matters far less pressing than even eating a hamburger on watch