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Policies shifted over the years, and a commander had the power to choose among quietly dismissing an LGBTQ service member with an honorable discharge, prosecuting them, or scaring them into accepting a bad discharge to avoid a court-martial.
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Anne Marshall-Chalmers, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal offenses for leaking sensitive information online, will now face a military court-martial, according to the U.S. Air Force.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 17 July 2024
Some of these patriotic Americans were subject to court-martial, and have carried the burden of this great injustice for decades.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 June 2024
An individual who decides to exercise her own judgment and refuse an order on the grounds of illegality should expect to be arrested and face a court-martial.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
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Anne Marshall-Chalmers, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal offenses for leaking sensitive information online, will now face a military court-martial, according to the U.S. Air Force.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 17 July 2024
Some of these patriotic Americans were subject to court-martial, and have carried the burden of this great injustice for decades.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 June 2024
An individual who decides to exercise her own judgment and refuse an order on the grounds of illegality should expect to be arrested and face a court-martial.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
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