Private that defected to North Korea gets time served, and the Navy solves their retention issues
You’ll remember Travis King, soon to be formerly a private in the US Army, was the boneheaded turd that was supposed to be escorted to the airport to fly back to the states from South Korea. As I recall he was being chaptered out. Somehow he slipped his guard, snuck into a tour group visiting the DMZ, and then just ran across the border into North Korea. For some reason, the United States government wanted him back. We got him a month later, and he’s been sitting in confinement since then, which is about a year now.
Well, Mr. King has pled guilty to desertion and other charges, and has been sentenced to time served with a dishonorable discharge. So he’s got that going for him, which is nice. No word on if his parents are going to be invited to the White House so their traitorous son can be called a hero.
In other stupid news, this article from Military Times on naval aviator retention issues is equally funny. It seems that with the length of a modern naval aviator’s training pipeline, then only get one sea duty rotation out of the way before they’re given a shore assignment. When they come next up for their sea duty, it’s right about the time that their MSO is running out and they leave for greener pastures. Big Navy being what it is has found a great way to keep from having to send aviators back mid-tour. They’re just going to force them to stay. The beatings will continue until morale improves!
Category: "Teh Stoopid", "The Floggings Will Continue Until Morale Improves", "Your Tax Dollars At Work", Army, Korea, Navy, WTF?
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Sorry, folks; I meant this for the Sunday meme thread.
Can someone move this to that thread?
Note to self: First coffee, then breakfast, THEN post.
Can’t read the expiration date on the jar but I suppose it
doesn’t matter if you eat one of those things for breakfast.
Is he related to Shaun King? That would make sense.
Hack is willing to be a mailbox door that Private Travis King’s enlistment package contained at least two waivers. At the least, he was an end of the month enlistment that was only processed to meet recruiting goals.
Don’t forget all the wavers in the tour group as he ran for the border.
Din do nuffin’.
It’s pretty rare that North Korea gives an American soldier back without garnering something in return of value. So this guy was not even valuable to the North Koreans. I can hear the negotiations” NK: We want prizes for this one. US: Please keep him, we are going to put in prison if he gets back here any how. No deals. NK: Please take him back, we need the prison space for our citizens. And he’s just stupid and knows nothing. No value to us either.” US: Okay we take him back, what will you give us!”
Only time I ever escorted a chapter case in Korea, he was cuffed to me all the way from the commander’s office to the air stairs at Osan. Used to be a regularly scheduled chapter flight.
Anything like the movies?
Not only will he have to go through the rest of his life with that DD which will by law prohibit him from voting or owning a firearm, he will be remembered as THE ONE rejected by a third-rate tinpot Dictator. “We no need a prisoner THAT bad!” like what was said to the Larry Linville’s character Frank Burns by a pair of Norks in the TV Show M*A*S*H.
Wow on the time served..
I had to escort someone hearing voices
From VBC to Kuwait
What a thankless detail
The DFAC at Ali AB was one of the base I’ve ever
Seen and had a bite at
He needs to reach out to Jesse MacBeth for tips on how to cope when you are irrelevant to both sides of the political spectrum.
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=60020&cpage=1
And Phil Monkress looks on….
He should write a book “Escape from North Korea” and donate
a portion of the proceeds to whatever.