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2005-12-06 Iraq

US army drops murder charges against 2nd Lt Anderson

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Posted by Steve 2005-12-06 08:56|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 OK now, as long as they don't retaliate against his promotion capability

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-06 09:15|| 2005-12-06 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 He was a 2LT in 2004. He is already behind. He should be a 1LT by now.

Posted by 49 pan">49 pan 2005-12-06 09:19|| 2005-12-06 09:19|| Front Page Top

#3 He'll get a retroactive promotion to 1st unless the command can show reasonable reason why not. He has an administative recourse which is the sort of like a nuclear handgrenade, takes out everyone, if someone in the chain of command screws with this. I don't think an O6 or above wants to end their career for something petty like that. He then has to apply for a correction of military records to adjust his promotion date to what it should have been originally and to claim the back pay he would have received with that date. However, the reality is that even with a cleared proceedings in his military record, the simple reason that his file is now larger than his contemporaries and that it will require a minute more of reading to understand that the dude is good, means that future promotion and selection boards (O4, CGSC)will pass over his file for consideration. Cause the boards are given less than two minutes to review each file, therefore anything that takes longer than normal doesn't get real consideration. Its broke, but its been broke for decades.

Posted by Cravitle Elmeremp2989 2005-12-06 10:15|| 2005-12-06 10:15|| Front Page Top

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