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Farmer-Rick

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5. Trump doesn't know how the Navy works.

Wed Jul 31, 2019, 07:58 PM

Jul 2019

Technically any naval personnel aware of an unlawful incident can and sometimes must prefer charges. So, if the chargers were brought by his fellow Seals, they would have had to prosecute the case.

If the prosecutor wins or losses, he did his job. They can't pick and choose what cases they have to prosecute. The Navy Achievement award is frequently given out as an end of tour award and an award for a significant record of duty or specific accomplishments. Kind of vague but the CO Normally has full control on who gets them if the CO is an O6 or above.

So now Trump is going to micro manage courts martial and awards? What a f*cking clueless f*ck.

I'm So glad I'm not in the Navy anymore.
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