It is said that a soldier is the last person who wants to go to war. This is true. The last ones who want to go are those who are the first to go. For with pride and intestinal fortitude the go forth to do a job others are AFRAID to do.
When you take the oath, you swear uphold and defend the Constitution of The United States from enemies both foriegn and domestic. You may find yourself in some sink hole, smelling of rot and who knows what else in some third world piss tank. Then again you may end up in a lush dream post some where.
Bottom line is this person signs a contract. A contract, you know a legal document that two parties agree to with give and take by both sides. In this case you give 8 years of your life for money and travel. Which means the government can send you anywhere at anytime for any reason. Why you are getting paid, you swore an oath. However to some an oath and contract do not mean anything other then a strange concept that applies to everyone else but them.
Lieutenant Watada is one of these disgraceful, cowards who think he can go back on his word. Not only is he both a coward and disgrace to the Uniform he PRETENDS TO WEAR, but he is an insult to all those brave souls who proudly and commendabley wore that uniform before him.
This piss poor excuse for an officer needs to be drummed out in full DISGRACE, PUBLICLY STRIPED OF HIS RANK AND ALL BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AND HAVE SERVED TURN THEIR BACKS ON THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE.
This wannabe signed up, signed the contractg after hostilities in Iraq began in 2003. he knew full well the chance he would someday have to go and lead men in war. Especially with the world events going on when he signed up.
Not only is this THIEF guilty of stealing tax payer money in order to get a collage education he is guilty of disobeying a LAWFUL ORDER.
As a LT in the Army his job is not to make policy or hold public forums on national policy. His job is to go and enforce that policy by what ever means he is told to.
Lieutenant Watada is guilty of several articals under the U.C.M.J. .... uniform code of military justice. A code that is more restrictive and morally just then public law.
Artical 94 states:
ART. 94. MUTINY OR SEDITION
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who--
(1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
(2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition;
(3) fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court- martial may direct.
Article 85—Desertion:
“(a) Any member of the armed forces who—
(1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
(2) quits his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
(3) without being regularly separated from one of the armed forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the armed forces without fully disclosing the fact that he has not been regularly separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when authorized by the United States remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.
(c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.”
Elements.
(1) Desertion with intent to remain away permanently.
(a) That the accused absented himself or herself from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty;
(b) That such absence was without authority;
(c) That the accused, at the time the absence began or at some time during the absence, intended to remain away from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty permanently; and
(d) That the accused remained absent until the date alleged. Note: If the absence was terminated by apprehension, add the following element
(e) That the accused’s absence was terminated by apprehension.
(2) Desertion with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service.
(a) That the accused quit his or her unit, organization, or other place of duty;
(b) That the accused did so with the intent to avoid a certain duty or shirk a certain service;
(c) That the duty to be performed was hazardous or the service important;
(d) That the accused knew that he or she would be required for such duty or service; and
(e) That the accused remained absent until the date alleged.
(3) Desertion before notice of acceptance of resignation.
(a) That the accused was a commissioned officer of an armed force of the United States, and had tendered his or her resignation;
(b) That before he or she received notice of the acceptance of the resignation, the accused quit his or her post or proper duties;
(c) That the accused did so with the intent to remain away permanently from his or her post or proper duties; and
(d) That the accused remained absent until the date alleged. Note: If the absence was terminated by apprehension, add the following element
(e) That the accused’s absence was terminated by apprehension.
Article 88—Contempt toward officials:
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”
Elements.
(1) That the accused was a commissioned officer of the United States armed forces;
(2) That the accused used certain words against an official or legislature named in the article;
(3) That by an act of the accused these words came to the knowledge of a person other than the accused; and
(4) That the words used were contemptuous, either in themselves or by virtue of the circumstances under which they were used.
Article 92—Failure to obey order or regulation:
Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1) violates or fails to obey any lawful general order or regulation;
(2) having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by a member of the armed forces, which it is his duty to obey, fails to obey the order; or
(3) is derelict in the performance of his duties; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”
Elements.
(1) Violation of or failure to obey a lawful general order or regulation.
(a) That there was in effect a certain lawful general order or regulation;
(b) That the accused had a duty to obey it; and
(c) That the accused violated or failed to obey the order or regulation.
(2) Failure to obey other lawful order.
3) Dereliction in the performance of duties.
(a) That the accused had certain duties;
(b) That the accused knew or reasonably should have known of the duties; and
(c) That the accused was (willfully) (through neglect or culpable inefficiency) derelict in the performance of those duties.
Article 99—Misbehavior before the enemy :
“Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence of the enemy—
(1) runs away;
(2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;
(3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property;
(4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
(7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces;
(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or
(9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies when engaged in battle; shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.”
Elements.
(1) Running away.
(a) That the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy;
(b) That the accused misbehaved by running away; and
(c) That the accused intended to avoid actual or impending combat with the enemy by running away.
(2) Shamefully abandoning, surrendering, or delivering up command.
(a) That the accused was charged by orders or circumstances with the duty to defend a certain command, unit, place, ship, or military property;
(b) That, without justification, the accused shamefully abandoned, surrendered, or delivered up that command, unit, place, ship, or military property; and
(c) That this act occurred while the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy.
(3) Endangering safety of a command, unit, place, ship, or military property.
(a) That it was the duty of the accused to de-fend a certain command, unit, place, ship, or certain military property;
(b) That the accused committed certain disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct;
(c) That the accused thereby endangered the safety of the command, unit, place, ship, or military property; and
(d) That this act occurred while the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy.
(4) Casting away arms or ammunition.
(a) That the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy; and
(b) That the accused cast away certain arms or ammunition.
(5) Cowardly conduct.
(a) That the accused committed an act of cowardice;
(b) That this conduct occurred while the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy; and
(c) That this conduct was the result of fear.
(6) Quitting place of duty to plunder or pillage.
(a) That the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy;
(b) That the accused quit the accused’s place of duty; and
(c) That the accused’s intention in quitting was to plunder or pillage public or private property.
(7) Causing false alarms.
(a) That an alarm was caused in a certain command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces of the United States;
(b) That the accused caused the alarm;
(c) That the alarm was caused without any reasonable or sufficient justification or excuse; and
(d) That this act occurred while the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy.
(8) Willfully failing to do utmost to encounter enemy.
(a) That the accused was serving before or in the presence of the enemy;
(b) That the accused had a duty to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy certain enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or a certain other thing; and
(c) That the accused willfully failed to do the utmost to perform that duty.
(9) Failing to afford relief and assistance.
(a) That certain troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or an ally of the United States were engaged in battle and required relief and assistance;
(b) That the accused was in a position and able to render relief and assistance to these troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft, without jeopardy to the accused’s mission;
(c) That the accused failed to afford all practicable relief and assistance; and
(d) That, at the time, the accused was before or in the presence of the enemy.
Article 107—False official statements:
Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”
Elements.
(1) That the accused signed a certain official document or made a certain official statement;
(2) That the document or statement was false in certain particulars;
(3) That the accused knew it to be false at the time of signing it or making it; and
(4) That the false document or statement was made with the intent to deceive.
THIS IS TOWARS HIS COMMISION. FOR HE OBVIOUSLY DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO GET HIS EDUCATION PAID FOR WHILE PLANNING ON NOT SERVING.
THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE ARTICALS HE SHOULD BE TRIED UNDER NOT TO MENTION WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE CATCH ALL. ARTICAL 134 CONDUCT UNBECOMING.
This puke is a COWARD and a DISGRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
