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Topic: Soldier caught supporting
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Soldier caught supporting
candidate in uniform
KRDO-TV (Colorado Springs, CO), by Mireya Garcia
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Posted By:Scottyboy, 10/4/2012 6:22:00 PM
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| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fort Carson confirms that a soldier dressed in his uniform sat directly behind Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and was in full view on the camera streaming the event. The name on the uniform is Buckley. Wearing a military uniform to a campaign event is a violation of the Unified Code of Military Justice. Fort Carson officials did not fully identify the man, but say that he is receiving disciplinary action. A court martial is a possible outcome for this type of offense
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Comments:
Kid was just trying to support the only pro-American ticket this year and probably didn't know any better. Anything beyond a reprimand would seem extreme to me. I wonder if someone in Washington will try to prevent him from voting . . . oh that's right, they already are.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 10/4/2012 6:27:43 PM (No. 8910388)
If this guy was supporting Zero, they'd give him a medal!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
EatDonuts, 10/4/2012 6:30:07 PM (No. 8910396)
I would love to see Barry show up at a military base in the next month and EVERYONE stays home. It's against the UCMJ Barry. Sorry.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/4/2012 6:31:12 PM (No. 8910399)
What a pant load! How many campaign events has the zero held with military, not only in uniform, but commanded to be there!?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
chumley, 10/4/2012 6:39:57 PM (No. 8910415)
A commenter after the article said he knows the guy, and he was shuffled into the seat. He shouldn't have been there in uniform, but I doubt it is a Hatch Act violation.
I ended up being forced by a crowd of officers into a receiving line for our state governor. Luckily, a colonel saw the panic in my eyes and let me slip out the back door.
It happens.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Happy Trails, 10/4/2012 6:39:58 PM (No. 8910416)
Country's swirling the toilet, Obama's giggling the handle. BFD Kathline Sebeious is campaigning for the commie muslimrat, but that 's okay...
The most corrupt American President, ever. History was written last night. The Republic may have been saved by the combination of the '07 obama speech rant, and the exposure of the spokesman for the cabal, the monster Obama.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
pinger, 10/4/2012 6:41:16 PM (No. 8910419)
If he was sitting behind Obama he probably be prompted to cast two absentee ballots and get a jump in rank or a commission.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
earlybird, 10/4/2012 6:42:31 PM (No. 8910420)
What about all those men and women in uniform, all over the world, whom Obie's crew hand pick and arrange behind him for his campaign appearances? (Every appearance he makes is a campaign appearance.)
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
smidgen, 10/4/2012 6:49:38 PM (No. 8910435)
It's OK to be in a Gay Pride parade in uniform, though.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DARling, 10/4/2012 6:49:46 PM (No. 8910436)
Yeah, but they can wear their uniforms and kiss their gay lovers in gay pride parades? There is something seriously wrong with our country.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
snowcloud, 10/4/2012 6:51:59 PM (No. 8910440)
#8 & 9, you stole my thunder. Spot on!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
horacer, 10/4/2012 6:52:16 PM (No. 8910443)
When I was in the Army it was made clear you couldn't do anything at all like this. Today the command is sending out mixed messages. You can march in a gay pride parade in uniform. You can be used as political photo ops. This soldier probably thought nothing of going to this event in uniform.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
SpinMaster, 10/4/2012 6:58:05 PM (No. 8910460)
OMG! He was sitting behind the next VP!
Maybe they were having a beer summit...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
killerbee, 10/4/2012 7:12:32 PM (No. 8910497)
While he shouldn't have been there in uniform, I will not accept his being punished until Katherine Sebelius is punished for her violation.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Wetlandz, 10/4/2012 7:14:09 PM (No. 8910501)
Hello Supreme Court?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Ret.TxLeo, 10/4/2012 7:14:16 PM (No. 8910502)
Roger that 8, 9, 10 and 11!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 10/4/2012 7:20:54 PM (No. 8910526)
Good point, #13. When Kathy Sebelius gets her under the Hatch Act, then we'll talk about this guy.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
vanimal, 10/4/2012 7:46:16 PM (No. 8910564)
Why is this being brought up this year. I bet the Bush Administration didn't prosecute if a soldier stood behind John Kerry
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
saryden, 10/4/2012 7:46:50 PM (No. 8910566)
Those who sacrifice the most to protect our freedoms should have the right to be at any event.
That is merely common sense.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/4/2012 8:16:57 PM (No. 8910605)
When I ws in the service, I would never have dreamed of attending a political event, of any kind, I was too busy drinking, chasing women and raising hell.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
TheMotherCO, 10/4/2012 8:31:10 PM (No. 8910627)
I wonder if these soldiers are permitted to fight the enemy when they are out of uniform, or do they have to have full gear on? Of all things our soldiers are expected to do to protect this nation, I don't think the uniform matters on or off, they will give their lives for their country. Stop nitpicking.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MDConservative, 10/4/2012 10:53:39 PM (No. 8910845)
"...he was shuffled into the seat. He shouldn't have been there in uniform, but I doubt it is a Hatch Act violation."
It's not. It's a clear violation of Department of Defense Directive 1344.10, which states A member may) attend partisan and nonpartisan political fundraising activities, meetings, rallies, debates, conventions, or activities as a spectator WHEN NOT IN UNIFORM and when no inference or appearance of official sponsorship, approval, or endorsement can reasonably be drawn.
Military members are briefed each election year. Now, that said, this soldier should receive the punishment his Commander-in-Chief doled out to Secretary of Homeland Security Sebilius, who oversees the US Coast Guard, for her faux pas. But I don't know whether the Army has a spare VIP plane.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
NYbob, 10/4/2012 11:12:04 PM (No. 8910878)
Punish this guy and send his fellow soldiers into a hot zone with unloaded weapons. Come on, this is madness, cause it sure isn't Sparta.
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