tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post8315011584104505219..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Collective punishmentBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-11724897448727112202012-01-12T07:49:28.673-08:002012-01-12T07:49:28.673-08:00Just wait until the U.S. finds out about how much ...Just wait until the U.S. finds out about how much explosives were stolen by soldiers. Which people won't even begin to notice until roadside bombs and other boom-boom deaths mount when law and order break down in the Collapse. Implosion followed by explosions...Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-91728315820715252752012-01-11T11:04:02.848-08:002012-01-11T11:04:02.848-08:00Collective punishment is part of military life; it...Collective punishment is part of military life; it begins in basic training when the whole platoon is punished for one guy's messy footlocker. Promotes group solidarity/responsibility and all that. Beatings, too.<br /><br />Certainly the material was not stored properly, and worse yet was the kind of valuable portable stuff that would fetch much $$$ on the outside (and probably not through eBay, more likely fenced to a trustworthy surplus store owner/distributor). <br /><br />It might even have been missing for some time, occasionally when a new supply NCO comes in he will just sign for whatever was supposed to be there without checking - such types ought not to last long in that rank or capacity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-57356955330340120162012-01-10T19:03:32.844-08:002012-01-10T19:03:32.844-08:00As a "retired" Spec 4, I say ALWAYS susp...As a "retired" Spec 4, I say ALWAYS suspect officers and NCOs.Rez Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05733971773065696730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-37341123113536864142012-01-10T13:08:20.582-08:002012-01-10T13:08:20.582-08:00I'm sure those officers would give you a big, ...I'm sure those officers would give you a big, fat lecture about responsibility, and how you can look to them as examples, yada-yada.<br /><br />But are they taking responsibility for this?<br /><br />Oh, and how come no one is under any kind of arrest for the billions missing in Iraq?Nangleatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908938252272172718noreply@blogger.com