The folks in officer separations at PERS always believed there were early warning signs of potential misconduct that went unnoticed or unappreciated. I don't think any commissioned officer wakes up one morning and decides the time has come to start being stupid. From what we could glean, in many cases there was a pattern of escalating inappropriate behavior that went on for some time before becoming so egregious that some authority figure was forced to step in and take action. As xj220 notes, stuff that happens in undergrad stays in undergrad, so there was a very limited ability for the system to know about potential problem children.
There's also a medical officer assigned to PERS who can review separation packages for any evidence of some medical factor that may have contributed to the misconduct. Renegade1 may have been being facetious, but hopefully that review will ensure that there is nothing else at play here.
The separation process takes a long time. We'll be looking at this young man for a while yet. PERS also usually recommended recoupment of educational expenses in misconduct cases like this. I don't know if the admiral ever endorsed the recoupment recommendation, but being 25, unemployed, facing a possible felony conviction, and eyeing a bill from the federal government for something in excess of $100K doesn't seem like a good place to be.
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