It just seems like the Stars & Stripes can just cut and paste these debit card cases and just change the names of those involved:
Pvt. Sean Houston’s night on the town with his roommate’s debit card has now cost him a lot more than the tab.
On Thursday, military Judge Col. Donna Wright sentenced Houston to five months of confinement, a reduction in rank to E-1 and a bad-conduct discharge for grand larceny and two counts of absence without leave.
On Nov. 17, Houston spent more than $700 on a hotel room, food and drinks, courtesy of Pvt. Jeremy Tutt and his First Tennessee Bank card. The card had been lying on their shared barracks dresser. [Stars & Stripes]
First of all, who leaves their debit card lying around on top of a shared dresser? You are just asking to have it stolen by some dope like this Private Houston.
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That was one hungry, thirsty and tired guy.
Could it be possible that this rather large amount included a barfine for short-time with a juicy girl?
Naw… Stars & Stripes would have been all over that as they love to keep pressure on Leadership.
Uh-huh.
Of course the REAL story here is how drunk GI Joe can stumble back over the fence after curfew without being noticed.
At times like this, I start to think the North Korean Threat, Anti-American Ruffians and Plotting Terrorists are non-existent bogeymen used as excuses for controlling the masses… as “leadership” only seems to take them seriously when wishing to restrict drinking or make sure all the little Cinderellas are tucked in by midnight…
…’cause they sure don’t take them seriously when it comes to securing the base (or any of the other items on a long list of blindingly insecure situations that don’t relate to nightlife and recreation).
Stars & Stripes is all over this, of course, with a front-page request that goes, “Tell Us: GIs sneak over the fence near the DMZ and Osan’s glass-fronted McDonalds is packed with officers and their families. Have you notice any force protection issues which have eluded the professionals?”
Oh… wait… no they aren’t.
Half the fun of coming to Rokdrop is reading your latest jabs at us. Keep up the good work!
I don’t quite understand how printing a giant picture of the Schoonover Bowl and pointing out that he didn’t get caught, or this story — http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=56710&archive=true — on the gate guards doesn’t qualify as pointing out base security issues that just might rankle the powers that be a bit.
But such facts take a back door to your irreverent humor. I salute you, sir.
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