seamusTX wrote:The deceased officer has been identified as Lt. Col. Roy L. Tisdale of Alvin, Texas.
The shooter died Saturday of a self-inflicted injury.
The third man who was injured has been discharged from the hospital.
The shooter had what they call a checkered history. He had been accused of felony theft and aggravated assault of a woman. He was supposed to appear in court on the latter case Friday and plead guilty.
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Maybe someone who knows about military law can confirm whether
being convicted of a felony in civilian court would be the end of a military career.
- Jim
As this was an enlisted Soldier I'll comment on that alone.
Yes but, it depends, and the timing of said end could be swift with an involuntary separation right after trial, or at the end of the Soldiers current term of service (not allowed to reenlist), or later then that if some sympathetic set of commanders (would take at least two at company and Brigade level) felt the Soldier should be allowed to stay and reenlist.... IF Reenlistment standards are currently allowing said waivers for misconduct.. which changes as needed. (and then said end would likely come at the expiration of THAT reenlistment when a new set of commanders or reenlistment waiver guidance changed)
Small fact, it's only been since APR 2008 now that Soldiers E-6 and above and all officers are Required by law and regulation to inform commanders of ALL civilian conventions. . .
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Part of the "it depends" response is the nature of the offence.. and the personal opinions of the chain of command...
AR 635-200 Enlisted Administrative separations;
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Enlisted separations regulations allow for a Soldier to be involuntarily separated for patterns of misconduct or a single serious misconduct.. further, many convictions requires a Soldier to be
processed but said processing many times stops at the first level of review.
In example.
If a SSG or SFC were charged with a felony for say speeding on a public road, ... likely they would not be separated under chapter 14 Separation for misconduct. But possible denied reenlistment if under 10 years (after 10 years you are enlisted indefinitely which means till retirement or your retention control point) or recommended for involuntary separation by a board (like the one meeting now to separate 5000 plus senior NCO's in the coming 24 months)
That was likely a more in depth answer then requested, I can leave it at that or explain more.
The sort answer is.. If convicted in a civilian court as a Staff Sergeant for the crimes he was charged with, the likely result would have been involuntary separation under AR635-200, Chapter 14, or denied reenlistment or involuntary separation as required by a board that looks at large demographic groups for substandard, lack of promotion potential or ability...for removal
A lot of grunt work is performed by assistants in every type of business. Usually their managers get the credit for the work, and the money. Brockovich's lawyer-boss is a rare exception.