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**ljq0AYOV** · 11-16-2011, 03:52 PM

Good post...and quite the conumdrum. The CC is responsiple for the health, welfare & discipline of their command BUT...the system can be pretty damn slow to help those who need it most resulting in "damaged" goods becoming "broken" goods.

Drug use definitly has to be punished and you're right, the CC has some leeway. In my time in the AF from 1981 to about 2005 I always thought/believed ALL drug users who popped hot got kicked out under "zero tolerance." Then in my last couple of years it seems like they pulled back...not much but a little. I had a gal who worked for me that the CC did not prefer charges on (wrongful use of perscription drugs)...admititly it was a weak case but she deserved some type of punishment. Then I knew a MSgt who popped hot for the weed...he was CM'd and did a little jail time but kept his stripe and was allowed to retire. I compare that to another MSgt with almost exact same circumstances and excuse (I didn't know it was pot) back around 1995...CM'd with a hard bust & Bad Conduct discharge.

The times thay's achanging...again!

11-16-2011, 03:52 PM	#2
ljq0AYOV Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	Good post...and quite the conumdrum. The CC is responsiple for the health, welfare & discipline of their command BUT...the system can be pretty damn slow to help those who need it most resulting in "damaged" goods becoming "broken" goods. Drug use definitly has to be punished and you're right, the CC has some leeway. In my time in the AF from 1981 to about 2005 I always thought/believed ALL drug users who popped hot got kicked out under "zero tolerance." Then in my last couple of years it seems like they pulled back...not much but a little. I had a gal who worked for me that the CC did not prefer charges on (wrongful use of perscription drugs)...admititly it was a weak case but she deserved some type of punishment. Then I knew a MSgt who popped hot for the weed...he was CM'd and did a little jail time but kept his stripe and was allowed to retire. I compare that to another MSgt with almost exact same circumstances and excuse (I didn't know it was pot) back around 1995...CM'd with a hard bust & Bad Conduct discharge. The times thay's achanging...again!
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