Matt Wiser
March 28th 04, 04:50 PM
"Admin" > wrote:
>
>"=> Vox Populi ©" > wrote in message
...
>> National Guard soldier charged with
>desertion
>>
>>
>>
>> (CNN) -- The U.S. Army charged a Florida
>National Guard soldier, who
>went
>> absent without leave while on a two-week break
>from duty in Iraq, with
>> desertion, an Army spokesman said Saturday.
>>
>> Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, of North Miami,
>Florida, was charged
>Wednsday and
>> will face a special court martial, Staff Sgt.
>Brian Sipp, of Fort
>Stewart/Hunter
>> Army Airfield, said.
>>
>> "It's not the least severe, but it's
>not the most severe court
>martial
>> there is," he said.
>>
>> Sipp said he did not know the maximum
>penalty Mejia, 28, could face
>if
>> convicted. He also said he did not know when
>the hearing would be held.
>>
>> The decision to try Mejia was made by
>the judge advocate general
>late this
>> week, Sipp said.
>>
>> Earlier this month, Mejia was accused
>of "violating his mobilization
>> orders" and was told to report to Fort Stewart,
>which is located in
>southeastern
>> Georgia. He is restricted to post but not
>held in confinement, Sipp said.
>>
>> Mejia, who has said he would seek conscientious
>objector status, was
>in
>> Iraq for about five months before returning
>to the United States last
>October
>> for a two-week leave.
>
>They need to bill him for every penny and every
>dollar he recieved or they
>spent on him. Failure to pay in full should
>result in Prison. Now, if you
>has a few million laying around, he could buy
>his way out this way and the
>Government could spend it on necessities.
>
>Or, just put him in jail AND bill him.
>
>
>
Put the deserter in Leavenworth and throw away the key. He'll be lucky,
used to be they shot people for desertion.
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>
>"=> Vox Populi ©" > wrote in message
...
>> National Guard soldier charged with
>desertion
>>
>>
>>
>> (CNN) -- The U.S. Army charged a Florida
>National Guard soldier, who
>went
>> absent without leave while on a two-week break
>from duty in Iraq, with
>> desertion, an Army spokesman said Saturday.
>>
>> Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, of North Miami,
>Florida, was charged
>Wednsday and
>> will face a special court martial, Staff Sgt.
>Brian Sipp, of Fort
>Stewart/Hunter
>> Army Airfield, said.
>>
>> "It's not the least severe, but it's
>not the most severe court
>martial
>> there is," he said.
>>
>> Sipp said he did not know the maximum
>penalty Mejia, 28, could face
>if
>> convicted. He also said he did not know when
>the hearing would be held.
>>
>> The decision to try Mejia was made by
>the judge advocate general
>late this
>> week, Sipp said.
>>
>> Earlier this month, Mejia was accused
>of "violating his mobilization
>> orders" and was told to report to Fort Stewart,
>which is located in
>southeastern
>> Georgia. He is restricted to post but not
>held in confinement, Sipp said.
>>
>> Mejia, who has said he would seek conscientious
>objector status, was
>in
>> Iraq for about five months before returning
>to the United States last
>October
>> for a two-week leave.
>
>They need to bill him for every penny and every
>dollar he recieved or they
>spent on him. Failure to pay in full should
>result in Prison. Now, if you
>has a few million laying around, he could buy
>his way out this way and the
>Government could spend it on necessities.
>
>Or, just put him in jail AND bill him.
>
>
>
Put the deserter in Leavenworth and throw away the key. He'll be lucky,
used to be they shot people for desertion.
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