Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?

[WhiskeySierra6]

Case law plz.

US v Rockwood (1996)
US v Bergdahl (2017)
US v Mason (2004)
All of the Tailhook cases

NJP isn't legal proceedings.

Yeah I know. I was pointing out that the decision to use NJP is discretionary by the government for expediency sake. If they chose to they could adjudicate everything under the UCMJ (because the service member took the oath that enables them to do that).

Is it your contention that a refusal to obey lawful orders in that situation wasn't "serious?"

It's my contention that it wasn't serious enough in the courts martial convening authority's opinion. I don't have an opinion beyond that.

I get that makes you mad but most sailors aren't lifers and have no emotional attachment to service.

OK...why would that make me mad? I'm not being prescriptive. Just descriptive. It's just a fact that service members are held accountable to the UCMJ because they took the oath. That's all.