Only uncommissioned warrant officers (W-1) and enlisted members can be sentenced by a general court-martial to a punitive dishonorable discharge.
All commissioned officers, from W-2 up to O-10, as well as cadets and midshipmen, can only be dismissed by the punitive sentence of a general court-martial.
There is a distinct legal difference between the two types of punitive discharges, although for practical purposes the effects of both are very similar.
The only way to dismiss any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman from their Office is to convene a general court-martial, and obtain a conviction at trial that survives appeals until the convening authority is able to take final actions.
In theory, it can be done. And perhaps it will be, in spite of the difficulties of recalling a retired officer to stand trial by general court-martial; but probably not in this political climate.
He’s just cruising on his U.S. taxpayer provided pension, taking money from Putin, planning coups, and spreading the Q-Anon ideology.
He’s a retired general so I’m sure he earns a pension, if nothing else.
After all his shit? Fuck
Edit: does he get a Dishonorable Discharge?
He cannot be dishonorably discharged.
Only uncommissioned warrant officers (W-1) and enlisted members can be sentenced by a general court-martial to a punitive dishonorable discharge.
All commissioned officers, from W-2 up to O-10, as well as cadets and midshipmen, can only be dismissed by the punitive sentence of a general court-martial.
There is a distinct legal difference between the two types of punitive discharges, although for practical purposes the effects of both are very similar.
The only way to dismiss any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman from their Office is to convene a general court-martial, and obtain a conviction at trial that survives appeals until the convening authority is able to take final actions.
In theory, it can be done. And perhaps it will be, in spite of the difficulties of recalling a retired officer to stand trial by general court-martial; but probably not in this political climate.
He’s just cruising on his U.S. taxpayer provided pension, taking money from Putin, planning coups, and spreading the Q-Anon ideology.
What a guy.