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This was the way I saw deserters handled during my time (1970-1991) in the Coast Guard. When a military member decides to go UA, there are a variety of administrative procedures that the command must take at certain time increments. My memory recalls that after being gone 24 hours, the member goes into a bad time status. That means, he doesn’t draw pay and he owes that time gone to military.

On the tenth day of being UA, An Absentee Wanted by the Armed Forces form is generated and is sent out to literally everyone. Also on the tenth day the member’s locker is broken into and everything is inventoried and is given to the Master at Arms for safekeeping.

On the 30th day, the member is declared a deserter from the military and his personal effects and records are transferred to to the appropriate Coast Guard District Office. If/when the member shows up or is apprehended, the District Office transfers the records and personal effects back to the parent unit.

In most cases, the member is not accused of desertion, because a successful argument was made by saying he was coming back and he still had his ID card on him. So, you do charge him with being UA, missing movement, disobeying a regulation and then look up Article 134 to think of any other charge and specification you can throw at him.

In Bergdahl’s case, he did leave a note, which depending on what it said, could lead the convening authority to try him for desertion.

Personally, based on what I’ve sent the members of his unit say about him, I’ve rather we kept the five psychopaths in GTMO and let that treasonous bastard stay with his new playmates in Afghanistan.

It was eighteen months that I had to do what every pet owner lives in dread of, I had to put down my beloved Spencer at the age of 17 years, two months and ten days. Spence was a miniature poodle that was four months old, when I got him. To this day, I still don’t know who selected whom. He became my “Little Buddy”, and as he started to age, and things started to happen and as the the things he was able to do, he could no longer do, I started thinking that one day, I would have to do what I’d been dreading.

Spence was my first dog. By that, I mean, I was alone when I got him, but when I remarried later on, he accepted everyone as his own, but whenever I left the room, he followed me. Spence hated being my himself, during the day. He was never destructive, but he loved his humans and it’s been agreed that when it’s my time to cross the bar, his ashes will be placed in my coffin so that he’ll never been alone.

Even though, we’ve gotten another dog, since Spence passed, I still miss him. I just wish that more people were like dogs.

Don’t forget the punitive article for missing movement. Although normally only used by the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, an argument could be made that Bergdahl is guilty of missing movement, when his unit rotated stateside.

Desertion is, at best, difficult to prove, because the member can always state he was returning. Even those who have been UA for years and completely reintegrated into the civilian world, have never been charged with desertion, they are always charged with being UA.

I’d recommend French Frigate Shoals.

It’s my understanding that our “POW” is actually under arrest and that somewhere between nine and eleven charges are being prepared. I don’t think that’s totally correct, because it should include specifications as well.

Actually, I hope they do repeal the law. California is in such a dire situation where businesses are relocating to any other state due to excessive taxation and a hostile business environment. With increased public expenditures and a contracting base to draw on, it only hastens California’s demise and eventual collapse.

Twenty to one, this skank is the ultimate dog and normal men wouldn’t even consider asking her out. She’s so full of venom and self hatred, she should be pitied.

If this vessel poses such a threat, why not utilize maritime aircraft to locate it, and then sink it as a menace to navigation using either naval gunfire or a torpedo?

Why deport this guy??? He seems like the type of American Obama and Holder would most identify.

The U.S. Navy used to have polar icebreakers, I believe the last two were the USS GLACIER AND USS EDISTO. These platforms were transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard and the newer Wind class vessels were, I believe, Coast Guard from the beginning. Congress gave polar icebreaker duties to the Coast Guard sometime during the 1940s. In the 1970s two new polar icebreakers, USCGC POLAR STAR and USCGC POLAR SEA were commissioned and as time proceeded, the Wind class vessels were decommissioned. The newest polar icebreaker, USCGC HEALY is the only construction icebreaker in the fleet.

So the Navy doesn’t conduct polar icebreaking operations, that responsibility falls solely to the U.S. Coast Guard, the most professional of the three seagoing services.

My God, we have fallen so quickly. I remember that in the 80’s when Libya claimed rights over the Gulf of Sidra, President Reagan ordered freedom of navigation exercises by American combat aircraft which were armed for air to air combat. The Libyans wisely decided not to engage and that they had pushed Reagan too far.

This country should have U.S. commercial aircraft act as before, but have American or Japanese combat aircraft act as escorts, must as they did with Iran when there were reflagged tankers in the Arabian Gulf.

This president is beyond vacillating to the enemy, he is a died in the wool coward.

I’m sure this missive is going to generate a lot of hate mail, but at my age I don’t really care.

As I watch more and more people who are experiencing a health care crisis in their lives and whose insurance, up to this point, was letting them combat their disease. They are finding it impossible to do so, such as the gentleman who’s the subject of this thread. He’s made the difficult decision not to pursue treatment of his condition and bankrupt his family.

I seem to recall that the Nazis in Germany in prior to the start of WWII and up to the very last of WWII, ridding themselves of those them deem inferior, or unworthy. Now if you look about you and see that the liberals/democrats are in love with abortion (hereinafter referred to as infanticide) and with the gutting of Medicare and denying required medical service to the elderly or chronically ill, to me the democrats are the party of death. Unless, you’re a convicted murdered, rapist, pedopile, etc.

To all concerned, I’m a retired Coast Guard Senior Chief (E8) and when I read the same thing as you all have, I immediately called the Seventh District Public Information Office and talked to the Chief (E7) running that shop.

When asked about what I view as a standdown, save for SAR, his response was that there HAS been a small reduction in the number of hours Coast Guard assets can be on scene, but interdiction activities are still going on, albeit, not as aggressive as before. He also noted the author of the article failed to contact the Coast Guard to validate his information.

Trust me guys, had that article been factual, I’d be doing a tap dance on my Congress Critters forehead and raising all kinds of hell!!!!

Sure, so long as you’re not concerned about them being raped and sodomized.

My problem is that when talking about the right to bear arms, it only revolves around either hunting or occasionally protection of yourself and property.

In my readings of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Federalist Papers, it never once mentions hunting or protection of life and property. What is discussed is the right of the people to bear arms to protect themselves from an overly oppressive central government.

I often wonder what would the response from the libs be, were that arguement to be used as a justification for the second amendment. Additionally, if the introduction of evidence were to be made showing our central government can not be trusted and should not be trusted.

Another liberal who thinks the second amendment is to allow him to protect his family from the criminal elements of society. Guess what, buddy? The sole purpose of the second amendment is to allow you to protect your family from the biggest, badest thing on the planet. Namely, a central convinced to their core, they know what is best for you and will do whatever they have to do to make sure you SUBMIT to their dictates.

The second amendment allows the American people to ORDER the federal government to back down or else.

That’s a racist statement if ever I’ve heard one. Someone get Sharpton and Jackson to exort their usual backmail from that insane old fool!!!

That’s a racist statement if ever I’ve heard one. Someone get Sharpton and Jackson to exort their usual backmail from that insane old fool!!!

In Viet Name, we would have killed for 30 round magazines. The standard magazine capacity at that time was 20 rounds. It was later when the 30 round magazines were introduced and fielded.

Dr. Ablow hit the nail directly on the head. I’ve had the misfortune of having to interviewing some of these deluded children, and when they don’t get the job, they are shocked. When I was asked directly by one why he wasn’t selected, I was very honest. I flat told him, he had delusions of adequacy.

He didn’t know what it meant, so I had to tell him what my father use to tell me, “look it up.”