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There is a grievance process through the UCMJ and the whistleblowing law if a soldier believes illegal acts are being committed. There are benefits through the VA and the recently enacted GI BIll for the 21st century.
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Negligence isn't something easily demonstrative under whistle blowing or the UCMJ. There's nothing illegal about pulling school funds or pretending that a military authorization from Congress actually constitutes a state of war and all of the conditions subject to such a state. They're gray areas, and they're left up to people that most certainly aren't low ranking military members that are the most directly effected by those decisions.
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You cant have third parties determining "unreasonable danger" without undermining the chain of command.
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Most of these things are well known up the chain of command. The FRAG armor problem wasn't exactly a secret. The military leadership was having trouble with a separate body, the legislative, and funding. I can't imagine an acting general standing up and lecturing the Senate on not providing $16b for properly armored transportation when a quarter don't even want funds going to Iraq Like I said, politics get in the way.
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And lastly, I think about police unions, probably the most comparable to what you have in mind. and how their record is mixed...often representing the police officer at the expense of the public interest.
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US military aren't supposed to serve on US soil, so I see it as a different animal altogether.
Think outside the box on this. It's clearly not going to be a traditional union, of course. It may be an entirely new category of union. Instead of arguing for or against, do you have any ideas that could help it work?