So far, I haven't found any West Pointers among our 'Bolters. So maybe there might be someone among my Army Brothers (or sisters) who can explain to this Annapolis grad/Marine Corps veteran how the motto of the United States Military Academy at West Point is exemplified by:
1. Desertion of one's post (during a time of war or heightened tensions that could rapidly lead to war)
2. Dereliction of one's duties
3. Lying about one's whereabouts (during the acts 1 and 2 above)
4. Failure to inform the chain of command about one's abilities to maintain command
5. Failure to keep one's XO apprised of one's status
Does *any* of this illustrate the highest ideals of "Duty, Honor, Country?"
If any of *you* had done any of the above, what would have happened to you? I know what would have happened to me -- I would have immediately been relieved of duty, been subject to an Article 32 hearing, followed by a general court martial, and then probably been stripped of rank, subject to forfeiture of pay, confined and dishonorably discharged.
This is just unbelievable. No wonder the world is in flames -- The US Military is weakly led.
