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Originally Posted by Buckeyephan
I'm very confused about some of this. Reports said his rank was lowered to private so his pay will go down. He will not receive his $1000/month for ten months. How can he get military pay if he has been discharged? Something is wrong. Does he get medical benefits?
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He was not discharged while awaiting trial... innocent until proven guilty. He had been doing desk duty and presumably still receiving pay and benefits. Now that the judge has ruled, he will get his dishonorable discharge and no more benefits including veteran and medical. In my opinion, misbehavior before the enemy and desertion in wartime should have earned him the possibility of the death penalty. At the very least, 20 years minus time served in Taliban prison which was approx the 14 years the prosecution was seeking. This sentence is a slap in the face of all who were harmed looking for the piece of ____.
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