Loved the picture of the Bailey bridge double double. All done by manpower alone. Crane? What crane? We had one, somewhere in various states of parts and pieces. The courts martial not being under the influence of command or rank, had me burst out in laughter. Anyone who has served knows differently. Sadly, a courts martial is necessary in some cases.
I like the boss's "Maybe so". Can't shut down a guy who brushes off an insult that cleanly! Also that guy actually DID commit a crime when he put hands on the man and tugged his tie in what looked like petty revenge. That could see him a year behind bars because the tie pull could be seen as attempting to choke him and thus attempted murder. It looked like that was his intent.
Military Justice is basically the same as civilian justice... soldiers just don't get a jury. Instead, even in General Courts Martial for the most serious offense, you get a panel of officers. Sure, one of them is a lawyer to make sure things are kosher when the Military Court of Appeals gets hold of the conviction, but as a solider you don't get the protection a civilian receives. Worse, you can be tried for purely military offenses that are not crimes for civilians, AND you can be tried for the exact same offense militarily as the civilian system charges you with --- legal double jeopardy. I'm no criminal, but I'd take a civilian jury over a Courts Martial anytime despite the film's rosy depiction of military justice.
A lot of these films have rose tinted glasses about military life. Often showing the best parts and guys joking and laughing like it's 'fun" while the narrator emphasises this is what people WANT to do with thier lives. they WANT to enlist. Thankfully modern military videos are a lot more candid about what to expect, LOTS of yelling and NO one looking like they want to be there, but seeing it's volunteer now, the onus of quitting is now more of a "You're fired but won't be laid off until we figure out how to return you to society for wasting our time."
Did Harry (the tie selling department store guy) commit a crime by yelling at his boss and refusing to obey orders? No.... but when he grabbed his boss's tie that's assault and he could easily be jailed for that. NEVER put hands on someone....EVER!
@@chriskratchman6130 to find out if an incident was avoidable, unavoidable, was the person involved was at fault or not. Boards of inquiry can recommend disciplinary action or not, should prosecution be done or not. Not exactly a grand jury/arraignment deciding whether or not crime was committed or if there is probable cause to prefer charges or not. I think Article 32 does that. Not sure on that
i believe police should be under a military code of justice. police and sheriffs belong to a paramilitary organization and should be held to a much higher standard.
@ why not make the police/sheriff/state police an auxiliary of the Army that is exempt from the Posse Comitatus Act, much like the Coast Guard is an auxiliary of the Navy in times of war and and subject to Navy rules and regulations including the UCMJ?
@@void7080Reminds me of the old addage "Who polices the police?" At least being state or county sponsered, it gives teh Police some power over the military in their jurisdiction so that military junkies can't stroll into a town and act all high and mighty at the town's expense. I think that's always been the point and reason why police are separate. Especially in cases where a federal law is made but would be harmful to enforce in a particular town like a limit on logging when logging is the only way that one town can produce heat and survive since it's too difficult to transport goods.
@@americanoperator3147Propoganda and history are often at odds. The US heavily aggrandizes their involvement in WWII and the feelings the Nazis had...but the Nazis felt that way about the BRITISH, they didn't really care about the US and even kind of tried to ally with them until more than halfway through the war. It really was significant as an excuse to propel US production to superpower levels to take advantage of Europe as a "Customer". Worked great for the economy but lead to the belief that the US needed to be in constant war to justify civilian production and when the US sends us to our deaths for no reason (Korea and Vietnam) we start to say "HANG ON......" and turn our guns on the so called "Generals" who never served but bought their 4 stars....
