[sarasmom]

Sigh....
There are reasons the UCMJ has sole jurisdiction over active duty service members, and service members are not routinely subjected to civilian courts.
“We” have no reliable sources of factual information to even begin to attempt to formulate an educated opinion regarding this man, and his alleged crimes, in a war zone.
What is considered a criminal act under the UCMJ, might not even be considered a crime if the act was committed by a civilian, and vice/versus, what is considered a criminal act by civilians, is not a criminal act, if committed by an active duty military member in a war zone.

OTOH ( speaking strictly in a merely hypothetical situation) I might have been similarly prosecuted under the UCMJ, if one of my subordinates ignored my privately offered friendly advise, that they seriously consider deserting their post, before I actually shot them...

[Dick Vomer]

I can honestly tell you the cig if cuffed MIGHT have been passed off but the cell phone is bullsh#t. However lighting the cig is another thing altogether.

I feel sorry for any Marine that has to pull duty with a muzzie. I always think back to that group of Marine snipers that were killed (5 or 6) with not a trace of who did it.

I really think I'd of had an accidental discharge or pushed him out of the tower. Accidents happen all the time.

I've said it once and I'll say it a million times, there hasn't been one person I've ever met overseas worth one of my men, not one ever...no kid, woman, grandpa, young man...nobody. All my brothers trusted me with their lives and I trusted my life to them. I had no "friends" other than my brothers and I made it a point to be respectful and courteous but like the saying goes, "not friendly, with the warm and fuzzies"