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Hello. and thank you for tuning in to my podcast. it's been a trying day to day. I don't have my mic funk, I can't find the cord. I was recording, I doing a trip and so I'm just gonna use my computer, audio and we can go from there. The main thing is to understand. The purpose behind, what I'm trying to do and the long term effects. it really doesn't really mean, how, what happens or the challenges in production. I'm new at this, but it's very needed. I'm not the only voice out there. talking about these types of things, to illuminate, military illumination. before we get started, I wanna share a conversation I had with a young lady, a senior, my life has revolved around working with youths at different parts of their life, either sports or with church. she was telling me about her graduation year and how it was going, and her plans she wanted to be in nursing, wanted, to go to community college and off to a four year university. But then she said, I'm also thinking about joining the military. my insight and the reason why she would go to the military is to pay for college. they're under this notion based on advertising that the military is gonna pay for your college. That's just a Venus fly trap. after I shared my insight the student said thank you because all she hears is the good stuff of the military from the recruiters, from the ads, right? So she just really was happy to hear the other side, I can tell that conversation with her, that her thinking her ideas about the future I flipped the script not to change her mind, but to give her something to think about. that conversation. told me what I'm trying to do is on the right track./ I'm not trying to get people away from the military, I want them to understand what they're getting into. I said, Hey, you know what? Go get your degree. Go get your college. Get it outta the way. Go in as an officer. Maybe through the ROTC program, now she's got time to think. to be a teenager, a young adult, around, positive people, getting her degree, her mind is gonna shift. I know when I was in, my mind shifted, but I couldn't do anything sitting in a hole at two in the morning. I knew I didn't wanna do this much of my life. So it was to get'em away from that. Hurry up, make a decision senior year take a break, see what's out there, and then make your decision. That's what we're really all about. I don't know what kind of, that's what I am about. So anyways, that's my tune in. I guess a lot of times I just go from my heart but I wanna share with you This website or my podcast, I tend to have a basic overview not trying to change minds or give details, I want. When I say them, I'm talking about the students. Okay? Or young adults or even people who know these people, okay? They think about it. That's what this is all about. Letting'em know what's out there. Open their eyes up. I know it had to happen with me. I would've never joined the military. for two reasons./ I don't like being controlled. welcome to Military Illumination. Let's get started. it's a podcast that would help you decide and if the military option is right for you or someone you care about. I'm your host, Gary. I'm a veteran. and I share my journey and heartaches. To help you navigate the traps and danger of military service, I provide information about military recruitment, traps, benefits and lifestyles we illuminate the truth behind military benefits and issues surrounding the military lifestyle, turn on the lights to show the dark secrets of the United States Armed forces through experiences, historical data and military admissions. make an informed decision about enlisting or recommending it, especially if between 18 and 24 years old. learning this information while you're in the military or going through a negative situation. By that time, it'll be too late. Let's turn on the lights. this is part two of the military, justice system, judge Advocate General.//Okay. did my first part. my last, this is part two we're gonna deal with the parts, people, roles and how they impact what is judicial appropriate, what is correct. Let's review. the fundamentals. when joining the military understand the fares doctrine. You gotta know it, like you know it. F-E-R-E-S doctrine, It is a foundation for everything It flushes away anything. you think is fair and practical and within the Constitution, it reduces you to a line item on a pay sheet. when we talk about the fair doctrine, we look at is this. The congressional leaders, that's the first person that they would a person would go to if they're having problems in the military. That's a old myth, right? Your congressman, and. Wrong answer anyways, the Fairies doctrine was created through the Tort Claims Act. the same people in 1953 enacted it. What makes you think they're gonna care about the soldier or the airman harmed by the military. They're not congressional leaders. Congress passed that law. Civilian courts, get their hands off. Okay? They're based on the fares. Doctrine means that they're gonna allow the military to do what they want You can bring a case to court. pay all the money. go to the Supreme Court. in the end, You're gonna lose, the person's gonna lose. Everybody knows that except the person's going through it. Why? they're thinking of the constitution. their legal rights protection of this country. they can't be held accountable because of the fer doctrine, which means They don't have to give you justice. They may make it look like it, but in the end. You're not gonna get anything. look at the court cases in the Supreme Court cases that shows you that you can just talk to people, so when we look at that, the military has autonomy to self govern. Meaning you can do what whatever you want to do, and no one's gonna bother you. So that's the first thing you want to always understand. That's the foundation for the military and hinges on the fairest doctrine. It's weakening a little bit, but in, unless you have a high massive profile case where they cannot run and hide, you're gonna a person who average person in the military is gonna be, and their family is gonna be affected by it./ The second thing is, when we talk about the first doctrine. What we talking about the military, they're always talking about, oh, esprit corps or country, patriotism, service, in the Kool-Aid, but what they don't tell you, Don't look at what they're saying in print or what they say verbally. What was there actions that you had to look at in really court really quick? The Ferris doctrine was three cases where the military rung somebody, the military rung somebody, either through medically or the biggest one. names like Lieutenant Rudo Ferris, who was killed in a barracks fire. Military acknowledged they were negligent. here's a poor widow with a young child seeking denied This wasn't a soldier, this was a family member. They turned away a spouse of a soldier that was killed in a building owned by the government. It was negligent. Think about that. All the two medical cases, same thing. you're signing up for when you join the military. let's move on./ And the second thing you really gotta understand is I want you to draw like a Venn diagram. If you don't know what a Venn diagram three circles. In one circle, put the civilian. there's legal, lawsuits, medical malpractice, dental, retirement, unions, benefits if wronged by your employer, you can sue if sexually harassed or assaulted, you can bring that case to court you can be heard and compensated. Medical right? Really good. why? everybody's afraid of being sued for malpractice retirement, good Unions represent the person in the employer. Now, think about the military. this is Very simple. Just flip it. Everything you know about the civilian sector flip it around and it's gonna be opposite. It doesn't exist in military. You can't bring lawsuits. medical is marginal at best. unless you are the president The doctors are getting their minutes in into the public sector. It's not the same, not comparing apples to apples. The cares the everything within the military system. Yes, they say they have it, but truly it's not. I'll bring these out more when I talk about benefits. The only thing common between the civilian sector and the military is If you can see it as opposite, then you are in the right track. And if you can live with that, better you than me, even though I did do it, but I don't know, six months into it and I want it out. I saw the devil in the writings. understanding the JA system prior to the military. You really gotta understand that. they'll sit you down about JAG UCMJ and you say, okay, no big deal. A person will equate it to what they know in the civilian sector, right? the injustice in the civilian court systems versus the military court systems, there's a higher rate of incarceration of people of color You can't be perfect, it's better than most countries. the injustice in the military, it's injustice on steroids. Okay. It's, I don't know, I guess better, as you can say it, it's justice in the military's, like justice in the communist country, you have no rights.// Let's move on. another difference in the court systems. in the military, you have the trial counsel. who's gonna be bringing the case to prosecute you. They're similar to the prosecutor in the civilian. The trial. The trial counsel is the prosecutor. They just call a different name. Sounds like the detail or assigned counsel. It's like the public defender. This joke about the public defender is if you get a public defender, you might as just go ahead and go to jail. Public defenders are, cutting their teeth too. They're just getting started. And usually they're the, you don't want a public defender when you in civilian sector. ideally they're getting paid from the same pod as the prosecutor what type of justice are you gonna get? It is bad enough that you have an attorney that has in, that has a relationship with the prosecutor or the defense, the, public defender who can work against you. the detailed counsel is appointed and they're similar to the public defender, which means that the level of instruction, the level of legal support is minimal. they're just there symbolically. in the civilian sector, the prosecutor's office will, they basically determine what's gonna be brought for trial, where they're gonna charge somebody, it or not. And the military, in most cases, it's the, it is the commander. It's a local commander to unit commanders that will decide the type of justice, who will be charged and what will be charged. They'll be the driving force behind it. So in the civilian sector, you have almost a separate entity who's determining the fate. In the military, the same person who's in your command is determining your fate. And Trent, I'm going, I'm going to, digress real fast here On the website I went to was the Department of Defense website of the United States Government, department of Defense, victim, DOD, victim and witness assistance./ if a person was having challenges, they'd probably Google it and this might pop up, The website was very basic, thorough. it highlights the high level of injustice within the system. The commander may choose to take no action. The circumstances surrounding an event act actually may warrant that no adverse action The preliminary inquiry might indicate the accused is innocent The only evidence admissible, or the commander may decide valid reasons exist not to prosecute. The commander may initiate administrative action against a soldier. The commander might determine that the best deposition for this offense and this offender is to take administrative rather than punitive action. Administrative action is not punitive and carried instead is meant to be corrective and real rehabilitative administrative actions include measures from counseling or reprimand to involuntary separation. you can go on this website, and this is what he is saying from this standpoint based on what I understand. the commander determines what happens. In the case of my friend, They ignored the evidence. Lieutenant Colonel Brett Dockery. it's an open door policy for abuse and discrimination. A person doesn't even have to do anything wrong for decision. Take place. My friend, the only thing that person did was to tell the truth on the stand and in their job. They were part of the procurement system in the military. That's it. So if you're always thinking, oh, maybe you gotta do something bad, no, you don't have to do anything bad. You don't have to. You just gotta be on the shit list of your commander. I dunno if I can do that. I wanted that rating. I want you to understand you're not judged based on what you do. You're judged based on how someone sees you. in the transparent system of civilian courts, it's transparent, everything is recorded. There's nothing hidden. Any outcome, it's there. But in the military, it's veiled. That's all I get to say. It is veiled and it's lot is hidden through the various doctrine, releasing information. And finally, civilian court, there's accountability. If a judge doesn't think inappropriate, if a lawyer doesn't think inappropriate, they can be held accountable./ The military, they have autonomy. They won't be held accountable. So when you're thinking about the military service, thinking about the judicial system, what you become part of, just because you being you, alright? And probably in the, a lot of people, I'm noticing I'm getting started. A lot of this stuff is either people are listening to my podcast are either outta the country or on the East coast. Chances are you're gonna run to a lot of people who are in Jag, right? And they're going to, they're gonna say things, they're gonna say, probably throw me underneath the bus, right? Or, I don't know what I'm talking about. Just look at the facts. I wouldn't have thought about it until I walked through the fire and seen it firsthand. what should you know about the military? The military is not required to follow the rules. They're sneaky. I think one thing that they're sneaky about is when even a person goes into the military is that if they don't finish the schooling they went in for, or they don't qualify or pass the courses to get the job they were promised, the military can put them anywhere. Okay. I seen them put a kid. Who had a, who wasn't very smart they were gonna put him on a nuclear sub as electrician, but he had to go to school first. I knew that student was not now that he was done, but I just knew the military and sure enough, he didn't Now he's a cook. they don't tell you that. They just say, if you don't pass we'll put you. Everybody laughs Until it happens to you. the military is not required to follow the rules. The system favors officers one thing I talked about was how they recruit, if you don't get qualified through schooling, and once you get in the military, they don't put you someplace else. The jobs no one else wants and no one they can fill. That's how they fill those jobs. if they're promised a job in the military and you, and they, you do not complete the course for whatever reason, and it could just be reasoning that they just need to top 20% of the people and they'll put you in a situation where you're gonna fail, then they gonna put you someplace else for your entire time doing what you didn't wanna do. Think about that. You can sign up for two or four years, but they got you for eight years. you can do three years active duty and then they can call you back when they want you. That's not being truthful. You go in the military, tied to the government it shows the person in the military is at the mercy of the process. once you're in, you're locked in. almost like a game with officers. It really is. It's like they can just toy with you because you look their property, it's a slave owner and slave mentality type of thing, You hit all these people, you do whatever you want with them and no wasn't gonna hold you accountable. So everything with my friends, I was talking with that person that hit him, a couple weeks ago he hasn't listened to my podcast. trying to get through it, But me, I have too much connection. this thing with him was preventable. It shows the nature of the military. Lieutenant Colonel Brett Dockery the first of 168 Aviation Battalion at Fort Lewis in National Guard. Okay. He also, eventually, he became Burier General and he was over the, he was the ENT general, I think he's retired. I don't know who he's working for, be careful. was the executive officer of the 1 68 Aviation Battalion. Bennett. Dwight Williams the military judge. General Barlow. General Leitz All these people could have stopped it. the issue had nothing to do with evidence. It had nothing to do with the crime being committed. It had to be retaliation for against a soldier who refused to lie and doctor the books to support these people when they were targeting another soldier. That's it. But Commander Dec decides this. At this point the commander was Brett Dockery. He was forcing these people into play. David Bennett William, Christensen and Goodell. Goodell was the detailed counsel, Christensen was the trial counsel. Donald Bennett was the trial counsel, jumped ship. could have avoided it. They prevented it Now let's talk about the legislative people. Jonathan McCoy, Assistant Attorney General Christian Gregor, the Attorney, general Senator Pata Murray, the Washington representatives. Washington Senators Senator Adam Smith. Gary Luck. national Guard Bureau, department of Defense, US President All these people could have stepped in, stopped this abuse, but because the system is set up, they didn't have to. Everybody understood what was happening, but nothing they could have done Most people, Adam Smith Patty Murray. they're untouchables. When a person goes to these offices, they're talking to an entry level person who has no, nothing better to do. They didn't do nothing. Okay. They're government employees. But there was an email, I got the file from my friend, to the government's office. I said, lemme see the file. Lemme see what you, what they have, what's been going on. There was probably four, three or four pieces of paper in there. All this was happening on communications. There was nothing in that file. They weren't doing anything. But there was this email between the government's office liaison, and Washington National Guard, counterparts. It says, what are you guys doing? Do you realize illegal issues that will come from this? Think about that. This was the office email. What are you guys doing? Do you realize that? I'm paraphrasing now. I'm gonna ask my friend for the actual one The National Guard Bureau Department, knew, but a lot of times you're dealing with entry level or second tier people. You're not dealing decision makers. these people just push paper. Nothing goes up. And if it does, goes up. And matter of fact, with one of the things he said that Patty Murray's frontline person said they did not read the documentation They sent a packet and didn't read it second they cannot tell another government agency what to do. Think about that. that's what they said on the phone. You cannot tell another government agency what to do. If you draw a circle, put the military right. Then the second circle, like a bullseye, like a target. The black party gonna be the military. The next one's gonna be the, the Ferris dock. Then the courts. Then your legislative leaders. Then the government. All these layers are insulating the military./ I use the names of people who committed these offenses to show the players types and rules. not to demean them, but they're the ones who did it The game doesn't change only the players. it doesn't matter who's in those offices, this is what's gonna happen. I'm naming a perpetrator to eliminate the truth, like rats and cockroaches who run when you turn on the lights. So people like these, the people I mentioned will run by denying the truth The intended effect is ensure. Why do I do it again? To ensure young men and women considering military as an option towards their ultimate goals and dreams will be forewarned and tell the truth before they make the mistake. Join be. I think I tell these people, join people. I'm not anti-military. We need them. Somebody's gotta do the unthinkable. I tell'em things they say in the military, you either killing somebody or you're helping somebody kill somebody. when I say that, their eyes light up because they, think about, oh, I'm gonna go and learn a trade. I'm gonna be a truck driver, a mechanic, a nurse. you're either killing somebody or helping somebody kill somebody. If you're gonna join,'cause you wanna fight, be a soldier, sailor, military person. airman, marine they don't need to entice you, that you wanna serve in the bottom of your heart. That what you want to do is be in the military and you don't worry about the things that NICoE happened to you. You accept them, right? I tell'em don't do in the military because of the benefit. And the big one is paying for college. Don't join the military. you have a goal dreams, and a path you want there's a lot of things available rather than the military. things that won't take away their freedom, won't take away their justice, won't take away their legal rights. I won't leave them behind, leave them afterwards with a severe post-traumatic stress disorder. if you're talking to a young person, just tell them, do their work due diligence, right? If you're a young person listening to this, right? factor this in and think about the melody. If you're a high school student, you have options. You have more options than you think you can achieve the same thing as they're offering in the military, but without giving it your freedom, not giving it your identity. when a person is in the military, You're serving in a system of injustice, lies, and discrimination. I hate when I tell people I'm a veteran. it comes out in context and then when the worst I address, especially around veteran day is, thank you for your service. Oh God, that just grinds on me, right? We have military pee. I mean it, they can think it for the service by getting rid of the doctrine. talking to Congress about not reducing tax burdens on veterans. stop paying taxes on your retirement. I'm not gonna get it. I apologize. It's interesting you're paying taxes on the money you're getting. And the money you put into your system. So you're paying taxes both sides. Most civilian retirements don't do that. You either pay it when it goes into your retirement or when it comes out, another way the military gets screwed. That's just a sidebar. Ooh. look at, I wish people start thinking what they should be saying is, thank you for your sacrifice. Do you have PTSD? that's personal. just say, Thank you for your sacrifice. It is a sacrifice, okay. You giving up who you are for this country and most of the time you're giving it up. Not knowing is taken from you secretively. Anyways, I think a good movie to watch something, a good Hollywood insight would be, a few Good Men. the soldiers win their case against the officer, They won against their commander, but they were still, but they were still kicked out. They were still mistreated. they still paid the price. that's what I'm saying. Jack Nicholson. the soldiers that died. look at Hollywood, they usually, put up hard to believe stuff. But the basic content has to get rent in the military or government. It's true. So you go look at the, a few men reject Nicholson. And this enlisted guys, they won. They won, oh, Jackie, got locked up or whatever, but spend time if it, went out. the soldier was still mistreated. kicked out. Seldom will they show enlisted members getting justice. A lot of times when they show Jag, you know, Hollywood version of Jag is something else there. Anyway, I'm not go there. The benchmarks, the benchmark is, Lieutenant Rudolph, Farris and other cases brought up by the doctrine. this shows what the military is about. here's My version of a commercial, there's some websites I find highly, something that highly recommend. one called Save Our Service Members. it was founded by a group of gold star and military families. With a loved one who either died or was seriously injured at the start of their military careers. They did a great job explaining it, talking about it. Once again, that's what they focus on, right? I'm the overview, the big guy, the overview guy and guy. So if you get a chance I will put the website in my transcripts. It's save our service members.org. Slash farris slash doctrine, you can go ahead and put down save our service member.org/farris doctrine. Go check it out. another one, is the National Network Opposing Militarization of Youth. I work to demilitarize our schools and protect our students and their students. The national network opposing the militarization of youth. it comes down to, and I think it is counter go check it out, counter recruitment information. It's a great source of resources, it tells the truth, gives you it. Just best way to say it is that. It touches on everything I'm talked about, but it also gives you a course of action. Can you, if you do delay entry, can you refuse to go? we need to get these military recruiters out of our schools. They're coming in there with their uniforms all and their. Just like even can, it's like a pedophile giving can to your kids. anyway, it is gonna be NNOM y.org okay? That will get you national network opposing the militarization of youth, calendar recruitment. I also put this in here, NN om.org index or put on recruitment. National network opposing of milit opposing the militarization of use. Two great websites to go to. Alright. It's really explains a lot if you know a young person thinking about the military, those websites will give them the other side of the story. decide to join the military, more power to them. But now they'll know. when they get in and something happens, they're not surprised It does change the landscape when you know this is part of it and it's not because of you. a young lady who gets sexually assaulted by somebody in her command knowing sexual assaults are high in the military, in 2003, 6% of people came forward of the men women. Yeah, and I know there's some men in there involved too, right? 1824. That comes down to even an army. my computer went off so I lost a bit. what I was saying was that 6% sexually assaulted comes in almost 16,000 in a year, and that's just for one branch. sexual assaults are common in society, That's over a lifetime. In the military, we're talking about three to eight years. knowing what you're getting into before can save a lot of heartache. if a person goes in it's not like everybody's gonna get sexually assaulted, but you're talking 16,000 times four in five branches. That's a lot of women men. guess what? That's just the ones coming forward. Now looking at the military justice system based on, discrimination and injustice What is the process the person's gonna run into? In many cases, the perpetrators are in the chain of command what I want you to understand is in the military. Don't expect justice, the rights justice constitution, it doesn't exist, the sooner a person realizes that, the better off they're going to be. Yeah, I would say there's a lot of people retire. They're the lucky ones, There's this thing called the 19, 19 year itch. They must start trying to get people out before they retire, and that's a whole different podcast. But anyway, I want to thank you. It is longer than usual. I wanna thank you for joining in listening. And hopefully you got some information out of it. tune back in and we'll illuminate others, other things that's gonna help you understand what you're getting to. Have a good day. Bye./