Comments on: Court Martial News Roundup http://www.caaflog.com/2010/03/02/court-martial-news-roundup-4/ Covering the Military Justice System Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dew_Process http://www.caaflog.com/2010/03/02/court-martial-news-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-12468 Dew_Process Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:39 +0000 http://www.caaflog.com/?p=4869#comment-12468 LTC Glass - former RDC and now Military Judge. Smart move by the Army not to create a severance of counsel issue. Lt Col Frank Spinner, USAF JAGC (ret), former section head at the AF Appellate Defense shop, has been involved in many "high profile" cases, e.g., Capt. Ashby [Italian ski gondola crash], Capt Wang [Turkish Blackhawk shootdown], Capt Kelly Flynn, etc. Should be interesting - especially since the USDJ appears to have taken an interest in the case. LTC Glass – former RDC and now Military Judge. Smart move by the Army not to create a severance of counsel issue.

Lt Col Frank Spinner, USAF JAGC (ret), former section head at the AF Appellate Defense shop, has been involved in many “high profile” cases, e.g., Capt. Ashby [Italian ski gondola crash], Capt Wang [Turkish Blackhawk shootdown], Capt Kelly Flynn, etc.

Should be interesting – especially since the USDJ appears to have taken an interest in the case.

]]> By: Cloudesley Shovell http://www.caaflog.com/2010/03/02/court-martial-news-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-12464 Cloudesley Shovell Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:50:49 +0000 http://www.caaflog.com/?p=4869#comment-12464 What is a Capt. (P.)? Why not Major (almost)? Enough already with the dreadful (sel) and (P.). I think the Army deserves the lion's share the blame for that inanity, but the Navy gets its share, too, for that Rear Admiral upper and lower half silliness. Commodore was a fine rank for Matthew Perry; why it's suddenly insufficient for you status-obsessed Beltway rangers is beyond me. (Actually, it isn't, but the real reasons are too pathetic to talk about.) As for gas rationing in Germany, I can recall using books of ration coupons for petrol there. Interestingly, the ration books only went away a couple years ago, replaced by an ATM-style card. More details on petrol rationing here: http://www.aafes.com/germanyfuelcard/regs.htm US Army in Europe Regulation 600-17 here (pdf): http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/rmv/regulations/aer600-17.pdf What is a Capt. (P.)? Why not Major (almost)? Enough already with the dreadful (sel) and (P.). I think the Army deserves the lion’s share the blame for that inanity, but the Navy gets its share, too, for that Rear Admiral upper and lower half silliness. Commodore was a fine rank for Matthew Perry; why it’s suddenly insufficient for you status-obsessed Beltway rangers is beyond me. (Actually, it isn’t, but the real reasons are too pathetic to talk about.)

As for gas rationing in Germany, I can recall using books of ration coupons for petrol there. Interestingly, the ration books only went away a couple years ago, replaced by an ATM-style card.

More details on petrol rationing here: http://www.aafes.com/germanyfuelcard/regs.htm

US Army in Europe Regulation 600-17 here (pdf):
http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/rmv/regulations/aer600-17.pdf

]]> By: Some Army Guy http://www.caaflog.com/2010/03/02/court-martial-news-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-12463 Some Army Guy Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:43:46 +0000 http://www.caaflog.com/?p=4869#comment-12463 One alibi -- The article in S&S says that Soldiers who violate the rationing won't be referred to law enforcement, not that commanders won't necessarily be able to take action against them. If the implementing regulation is a lawful GO, then commanders can presumably still take action if they discover it. But I never heard of or saw any UCMJ action taken against a Soldier for violating the rationing. One alibi — The article in S&S says that Soldiers who violate the rationing won’t be referred to law enforcement, not that commanders won’t necessarily be able to take action against them. If the implementing regulation is a lawful GO, then commanders can presumably still take action if they discover it.

But I never heard of or saw any UCMJ action taken against a Soldier for violating the rationing.

]]> By: Some Army Guy http://www.caaflog.com/2010/03/02/court-martial-news-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-12462 Some Army Guy Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:40:13 +0000 http://www.caaflog.com/?p=4869#comment-12462 I think that the gas rationing limits are based on some old diplomatic notes or something similar from the SOFA with Germany, dating back to the post-war days. Other consumer items in Germany are rationed -- tobacco and alcohol. Americans pay about 1/3 of what other Europeans pay, so once upon a time there was certainly a black market available for gasoline, tobacco, and alcohol. But rationing and black markets all hearken back to a different time, when the German standard of living was much lower. My guess is that there just isn't a reason to enforce these provisions. (In three years over there for me, I never had to show my ration card to buy alcohol on-post.) I think that the gas rationing limits are based on some old diplomatic notes or something similar from the SOFA with Germany, dating back to the post-war days. Other consumer items in Germany are rationed — tobacco and alcohol. Americans pay about 1/3 of what other Europeans pay, so once upon a time there was certainly a black market available for gasoline, tobacco, and alcohol.

But rationing and black markets all hearken back to a different time, when the German standard of living was much lower. My guess is that there just isn’t a reason to enforce these provisions. (In three years over there for me, I never had to show my ration card to buy alcohol on-post.)

]]> By: Jason Grover http://www.caaflog.com/2010/03/02/court-martial-news-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-12458 Jason Grover Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.caaflog.com/?p=4869#comment-12458 Frank Spinner also served as CDC in the Witt capital case out of the Air Force back in 2005 or 2006 if memory serves correctly. Frank Spinner also served as CDC in the Witt capital case out of the Air Force back in 2005 or 2006 if memory serves correctly.

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