Outrageous! Why couldn’t he be reassigned quietly to another post? This reeks of political appeasement to a borderline “friendly” ally.
What kind of process is being used to railroad this NCO out of the Army?
Court martial? Apparently not. What would he be charged with under UCMJ? The all inclusive Article 134?
Administrative separation board as used to separate drug users? Don’t see it here.
A wave of an Obama-compliant four star’s manicured hand? Looks like it.
IIRC, a less than honorable discharge requires UCMJ or board action (and a board only recommends; the commander must sign off on it). BCD definitely can come only from conviction by general court martial.
And he can appeal only through ABCMR? Something smells here. Badly. The integrity of our general officer corps is IMO severely compromised.