A Few Good Men...

[Capt. Kelly Miller]

I have the rifle/gonna be myself/I'll shoot the shot heard round the world

I'm a one-girl revolution

0900
Afghanistan
Earth

Captain Kelly Miller snapped the file shut in front of her before tossing it on her desk with a low growl. Case closed. BLOWN, actually, and there was a certain Navy JAG about to get a whole lotta Marine in his face. He'd taken a plea even after they'd talked and decided it was a BAD idea?! So what had been the POINT of it?! To string her along? Well, HIS funeral. She stood up to go yell at someone, and then realized that it was time for her first deposition. A young man was on trial for allegedly striking his CO. She'd read his personnel file, he was promising, and had, it seemed to HER, made just a small judgement in error-of course, she needed the whole story, and assault was never OK, but it kind of seemed to her as if both parties were at fault-so why was only ONE arrested? Of course, she DID realize it was the Corps in combat time, so maybe that was why.  She alerted Callaghan, the Battalion's XO, so he could give her his version of the story. She had the arrest report, but she needed to hear all sides. Later today, she'd head over to the Brig and interview the accused.

She waited for the Yeoman to show in the XO and she smiled warmly as he entered. She stood as he came in; salutes and nicieties were exchanged. Finally, she indicated that he should sit, and began to speak to him.
Sir, I'll just need YOU to tell me what you know. I have the arrest record, and later I will go speak to the Marine, and his CO is being interviewed by my partner. Just lay it out for me, ok? She was a very sharp woman, and would understand the gist of it all, even while taking notes

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[John Callaghan]

0900
Afghanistan
Earth

Major Callaghan was serving as the Executive Officer of the First Battalion, First Marines. Currently, they were deployed in Afghanistan, and had been for the better part of four months now. They were set to go home in a month or two, and John was counting the days.

Currently, they were preparing for a large-scale operation that would involve the entire Battalion. During this training, a peculiar thing happened. A Lance-Corporal had refused an order given by the Lieutenant that was in command of his platoon. When the Lieutenant confronted the man, the Lance-Corporal struck him.



"Very well.. As you may, or may not, know. Our Battalion Commander is currently on leave Stateside. He left me with very specific instructions to prepare the battalion for an operation the details of which I am not at liberty to discuss. Anyway, Lance-Corporal MacGregorwas ordered by Lieutenant Aeschilman, to freeze in the position he was holding.

The Lance-Corporal refused to do this, and when the Lieutenant approached him to demand an explanation, the Lance-Corporal popped him one. Initially, the Company Commander was going to NJP the Lance-Corporal for not freezing because the Lieutenant didn't tell the Captain about the fact that he'd been struck.

Immediately, the Captain requested a Summary Court-Martial. The Lance-Corporal refused, and Captain Patterson directed that a General Court-Martial take place. Which is what brings us here. God, I wish Colonel were here... This wasn't what I hoped I'd be doing when taking the Battalion over"

John explained the situation fully. It was a nasty business, a Court-Martial. He had only once witnesses one. At the time, he served as an officer in the panel. And now he was the one that had to make the decision of doing it. He hadn't taken it lightly, but it needed to be done.

[Capt. Kelly Miller]

0908
Afghanistan

Kelly listened intently to the man's testimony. That's what it WAS, really, after all.

Very well.. As you may, or may not, know. Our Battalion Commander is currently on leave Stateside. He left me with very specific instructions to prepare the battalion for an operation the details of which I am not at liberty to discuss. Anyway, Lance-Corporal MacGregorwas ordered by Lieutenant Aeschilman, to freeze in the position he was holding.

The Lance-Corporal refused to do this, and when the Lieutenant approached him to demand an explanation, the Lance-Corporal popped him one. Initially, the Company Commander was going to NJP the Lance-Corporal for not freezing because the Lieutenant didn't tell the Captain about the fact that he'd been struck.

Immediately, the Captain requested a Summary Court-Martial. The Lance-Corporal refused, and Captain Patterson directed that a General Court-Martial take place. Which is what brings us here. God, I wish Colonel were here... This wasn't what I hoped I'd be doing when taking the Battalion over... Kelly nodded. It never WAS, was it?! She finished her notes, and then looked up at John.

Well. This is a far more serious matter than I expected. I am likely the defense attorney in this one....what do you forsee is the outcome? She needed to know what the punishment was going to be, from Callaghan's POV. If for no other reason than to prepare an adequate defense. She sighed. Why did she have a feeling this was gunna be a long case?!

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