This is a witty title, pregnant with meaning and suspense. - ARE YOU THREATENING ME!/1?!#@

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ARE YOU THREATENING ME!/1?!#@

Apr. 27th, 2004 at 1:20 AM

Well, looks like what I was writing finally bit me in the ass. We'll see in the next couple days how deep the bite is gonna be. Hopefully just a slap on the wrist, maybe not.

I was in the whole "hey, this is the internet, it's an internet journal, everyone should be able to read what I want to write, so it's free for anyone to read" mindset when I started this thing. I didn't want to have a discrete "friends" section and an "everyone" section, and on the same note I didn't screen comments from non-friends or anonymous posters. But for now, as long as I'm in this position, it's gonna have to be that way. As soon as I'm able to, I'll change it all back to public viewing.

I'm not really sorry for what I wrote. I wrote it, and it's the truth. Or true opinion. Whatever. I have been told that I can't leave stuff like that in a public forum, so it won't be in a public forum... for now.

And finally: sorry Mom, you were right.

[edit: this entry was previously friends-only, viewable after the previous entry, with a silly Cornholio icon]

I feel like shit, with tinges of : annoyed

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beyondfake_0 wrote:

Apr. 26th, 2004 10:02 pm (UTC)

What happened?

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lafinjack wrote:

Apr. 26th, 2004 10:38 pm (UTC)

Specifically, they saw the two "idiot BC" comments, the "asshole sergeant" comment, and the times I mentioned the incompetent 82nd Engineers. I got pulled in about 11pm last night and the BC, first sergeant, and the asshole sergeant chewed my ass and threatened to give me an Article 15, which may still happen. Apparently what I wrote is circulating all around brigade, but I don't know about that.

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tangledupinblue wrote:

Apr. 26th, 2004 10:40 pm (UTC)

What's an Article 15?

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beyondfake_0 wrote:

Apr. 26th, 2004 11:05 pm (UTC)

An Article 15 is one step lower than a court martial. Basically, they give it as a form of being lenient on people who mess up or commit crimes but it's their first offense or if it really isn’t deserving of a court martial. Or at least that’s what the military says is the purpose behind Article 15s. I know the Army likes to give them out for stupid shit, where the Air Force likes to give them out when the person in question should be kicked out of the military.

It's also the military's favorite threat whenever you do some thing wrong. I messed up once last February and they had me so worried that I was going to get an Article 15 I couldn't sleep at night. I ended up getting a Letter of Reprimand.

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tangledupinblue wrote:

Apr. 26th, 2004 11:06 pm (UTC)

What the FUCK.

Why can't you talk shit about your supervisors? Fucking idiot morons.

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beyondfake_0 wrote:

Apr. 26th, 2004 11:55 pm (UTC)

Because it's disrespect to a Non Comissioned Officer. -__- It sucks. It really does. It's either get burned by the system or become one of them.

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lafinjack wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 12:23 am (UTC)

And in my case, disrespecting a Comissioned Officer, too.

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beyondfake_0 wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 01:16 am (UTC)

Fucking politics. >=/ You know what? They probably go back to their living quarters and masturbate to being masters of the universe.

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lafinjack wrote:

May. 13th, 2007 09:27 am (UTC)

Knowing my command, I wouldn't be surprised. I bet that's the reason they all got private quarters while we grunts got open bays.

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lafinjack wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 12:27 am (UTC)

Yeah, in the Army they hand it out for minor offenses, or to people they don't like. If you get three, you're supposed to get kicked out. Each Article 15 has a minimum penalty of half your pay for that month, plus extra duty from 15 days to 45 days, depending on the severity. Out here, extra duty doesn't mean much since it's pretty much all duty. They have said they aren't going to single me out for details like the shit burning I mentioned in one post (they noticed that, too). We'll see if that happens or not.

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beyondfake_0 wrote:

Apr. 26th, 2004 11:01 pm (UTC)

Okay, so they are threatening to give you an Article 15 because you talked smack about them?

Or are they going to chalk it up under disrespect towards an NCO/Officer, or some thing similar.

What a bunch of fucking pussy-fucks. This is why I hate the military, because god forbid you have a fucking opinion, or friends, or a life.

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eireane wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 04:48 am (UTC)

Ok - got it. But what kind of lame-ass chain of command do you have anyway! You gave no names and caused no embarassment. And - hey if the truth hurts.... In order for it to be disrespect - Article 89 - it requires the following - (And I qoute) That the accused did or omitted certain acts or used certain language to or concerning a certain commissioned officer. That such behavior was directed towards that officer. And for insubordinate conduct - Article 91 - deals with treating an WO, or NCO with contempt or is disrespectful in language and deportment, - that the accused was a warrant officer or enlisted member and that the accused did or omitted certain acts or language and that behavior or language was used toward and within sight or hearing of a certain warrant officer or NCO.
Personally, I think a good JAG dude could get you off. They had to search out the journal to read it. BTW - the above quotes are out of the 2002 Manual for Courts Martial. Hey - if they are going to make me learn this stuff, then they have to expect me to use it.

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ishokunaeppy wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 06:17 am (UTC)

"Personally, I think a good JAG dude could get you off."
I love the subtle homoeroticism of the military lexicon.

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eireane wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 07:10 am (UTC)

Yeah - it is pretty pervasive... But you know what I meant...

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ishokunaeppy wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 07:35 am (UTC)

Oh yes, completely.

So this JAG... Does he work around a lot of seamen?

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lafinjack wrote:

Apr. 28th, 2004 12:34 am (UTC)

Only in the Navy. Natch.

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ishokunaeppy wrote:

Apr. 29th, 2004 05:49 am (UTC)

Shhh, you're spoiling my double entendre.

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lafinjack wrote:

Apr. 29th, 2004 03:54 pm (UTC)

Sounds contagious.

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ishokunaeppy wrote:

Apr. 29th, 2004 06:39 pm (UTC)

Only if you wish real hard.

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lafinjack wrote:

May. 13th, 2007 09:36 am (UTC)

Oh, I am. Believe me.

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ishokunaeppy wrote:

Apr. 27th, 2004 06:17 am (UTC)

Fucking bull, all my sympathy, and good luck.

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finesseccentric wrote:

Jan. 19th, 2007 06:52 am (UTC)

Heh. You see, I got owned for saying things about my teachers on livejournal and nearly got myself expelled :D

Yours is just maybe a touch more serious.

:D

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lafinjack wrote:

Jan. 19th, 2007 07:06 am (UTC)

Was it libelous? If not, on what expelled on what grounds?

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lafinjack wrote:

May. 13th, 2007 09:38 am (UTC)

Since I'm rereading all this junk, I might as well ask how you managed to get here in the first place.

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finesseccentric wrote:

May. 13th, 2007 10:05 am (UTC)

How did I get here?

4chan,

randompictures, etc.

And the reason I didn't post a response to your questions relating to the nature of my postings, it's because mine were actually libelous in a juvenile sort of way, so me comparing myself to you is degrading to you.

And there's that.

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lafinjack wrote:

May. 13th, 2007 10:10 am (UTC)

Degrading to me? Now that's a feat.

And I only just noticed that yours was a... more recent comment. I'M TEH DUM.

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