According to this morning's Washington Post "Instead of a court-martial, Carlson announced he was initiating nonjudicial punishment proceedings against Schmidt in which he could be reprimanded, lose a total of one month's pay, face house arrest in his quarters for 30 days and be confined to a military base for 60 days.
Carlson also recommended that Schmidt's conduct he examined by a Flying Evaluation Board, which could strip him of his flight status. Schmidt, whose lawyer did not return repeated calls for comment, could reject nonjudicial punishment and still request a court-martial." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14341-2003Jun19.html In other words they're getting a slight slap on the wrist for the manslaughter of four allied soldiers and the wounding of 8 others, gross dereliction of duty, and the willful disobedience of a direct order. As I said, this sucks. larry At 08:43 AM 6/20/2003 -0500, Kevin Graeme wrote: >Anybody know if they at least had their wings revoked? > >-Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 8:35 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: No charges for 'friendly fire' pilots > > > > > > > http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/06/19/friendly_fire030619 > > > > > > WASHINGTON - Two U.S. military pilots who bombed Canadian > > soldiers in > > > Afghanistan won't be prosecuted. > > > > > > The decision on whether Majors Harry Schmidt and William > > Umbach will > > > face criminal charges won't be officially announced until late > > > Thursday afternoon > > > > > > -- > > > > > > This sucks. They should have been up on a full courts marshal. > > > > Or maybe at least have been sent for eye exams > > > > > > Big Orange Cicle means "Friend" > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
