Let me quibble over the wording. There is no guilty finding under Article 15 but rather one is found "in violation." Guilty is a finding of court-martial. For the skipper it's the difference between a ruined career and a ruined career with a federal conviction that would trash his pension eligibility also.
LT, USN (Ret)
Former Navy legal officer (paralegal administrator)
Good point. I wonder why the author chose that wording?