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Originally posted by playa
they should still be busted down to a private and dishonorably discharged
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That cannot be done without them being Court Martialed. They had an Article 32 hearing (the militaries equivilent of a Grand Jury) and it was apparently determinded that they were not criminally liable for their actions and/or the evidence was not stong enough to aquire a conviction for the charges that they faced. Decisions that are made to Court Martial or not to Court Martial have a Command review process. In the this instance the Command review agreed with the Article 32 conclusion.
They will be punished for what happened as their careers in the military will basically be over and they will probably resign.