Category Archives: Military justice

Sgt. Bergdahl and President Obama — Updated

Posted on 2 June 2014 by danmillerinpanama

Will a court martial determine whether he deserted, committed treason or another other serious offense? What difference does it make now? An article at Blackfive titled Big Problems With Bergdahl Deal is the best I have read thus far about the ransoming of Sgt. … Continue reading →

Posted in Charles Hagel, Command influence, Commander in Chief, Congress, Conservatives, Courts martial, Executive Decree, Foreign policy, Honor, Justice, Law and Order, Middle East, Military justice, Obama, Obama's America Now, Politics, Power Line, Sgt. Bergdahl, Taliban, U.S. Military, United States of Obama | Tagged , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Major Hasan gets to keep his beard. That’s Good.

Posted on 5 December 2012 by danmillerinpanama

Getting a clean conviction of Major Hasan is more important than whether he has a clean face. The court martial of Army Major Nidal Hasan, who murdered thirteen people at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009 and wounded thirty-two others while … Continue reading →

Posted in Appeasement, Constitution, Courts, Fort Hood, Islamist rage, JAG, Judges, Justice, Law and Order, Lawyers, Legal Ethics, Major Hasan, Military, Military justice, Murder, Political Correctness, Politics, Principles, Religion, U.S. Military, United States | Tagged | 6 Comments

Further thoughts on Koran burning in Afghanistan

Posted on 2 March 2012 by danmillerinpanama

There have been a few developments and some of them are good. In this article, I wrote about recent Koran burnings and the military justice implications.  Little if any reliable further information emerged until today: PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan — Military investigators … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Appeasement, Command influence, Conservatives, Courts, Cultural differences, Islamic rage, Koran burning, Law, Limitation on Authority, Military, Military justice, Muslims, Obama, Opinion, Peace, Protests, Religion, United States | Tagged | 2 Comments

What happens after Korans are burned in Afghanistan?

Posted on 29 February 2012 by danmillerinpanama

Who did it, why and under what circumstances? What should and should not be done? The military justice system demands justice for our troops.  It does not permit revenge upon them to curry favor with others, even our enemies. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse of Power, Afghanistan, Appeasement, Command influence, Cultural differences, Empathy, Freedom, Headlines, Islamic rage, JAG, Justice, Koran burning, Korans, Law and Order, Limitation on Authority, Military, Military justice, Muslims, Obama, Opinion, Peace, Political Correctness, Religion, Riots, United States, Urination | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Should politics and foreign policy affect our military justice system?

Posted on 16 January 2012 by danmillerinpanama

The military justice system demands justice for our troops, not revenge upon them to curry favor with others. The video of U.S. Marines who apparently urinated on Taliban corpses has gone viral and not only the Islamic world is watching. … Continue reading →

Posted in Appeasement, Army, Clinton, Freedom, History, Ideology, Islamic rage, JAG, Judges, Justice, Korea, Law, Marines, Military, Military justice, Obama, Opinion, Politics, Religion, Torture, United States, Urination | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

Experts aren’t always impartial or very expert.

Posted on 9 December 2011 by danmillerinpanama

On December 6th in Williams v. Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on expert witness issues. As noted at SCOTUS Blog, Plain English Issue: Whether a court violates a criminal defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause [Sixth Amendment] … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiction, Administrative Agencies, Corruption, Dep't of Information, Facts, FCC, Global Warming, Ideology, JAG, Law, Linguistics, Media-morphing, Military, Military justice, Politics, Society, Supreme Court, United States | 1 Comment

Reminiscences of a Senescent Former JAG officer

Posted on 10 July 2010 by danmillerinpanama

When I went away to college in 1959, I joined the Army ROTC because I was concerned about the probability of being drafted and preferred to serve eventually as an officer rather than as an enlisted man. I had no … Continue reading →

Posted in Army, JAG, Korea, Military justice | 3 Comments