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crfpilot · 09-07-2003, 04:54 PM

From article 85 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice:

(c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.

I just think 6 months is a little lite considering the maximum sentence is death. Edit:I think 2-4 years incarceration would have been a reasonable punishment, but that's just my opinion. I respect the guy for taking his punishment like a man though.

As a cargo loader he would have a very slim chance of ever having to kill anyone.

09-07-2003, 04:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
crfpilot Punk In Drublic Location: So Cal	From article 85 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: (c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct. I just think 6 months is a little lite considering the maximum sentence is death. Edit:I think 2-4 years incarceration would have been a reasonable punishment, but that's just my opinion. I respect the guy for taking his punishment like a man though. As a cargo loader he would have a very slim chance of ever having to kill anyone. Last edited by crfpilot; 09-07-2003 at 04:56 PM..