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Originally Posted by Dirt McGirt  How do you figure? I didn't draw that conclusion from the link. Maybe I missed something. What did you read that made you come to that realization? |
This isn't a new story. When it first broke -- last year I think -- there were a lot of articles on it. It was seriously hashed and rehashed on another board.
The bodyguard part is from this link. You know as well as I do that failure to conform is grounds for administrative discharge. Requiring a bodyguard disrupts the good order and discipline of a unit, not to mention negates one's effectiveness as an asset.
IIRC, this guy was trying to organize atheists during working hours, and generally disrupting things with his "religion." I know you also know that if someone is making enough noise to be noticed about who he does or does not pray to that it disrupts the unit, he's in trouble.
What do you suppose he did that required a bodyguard? In the Marines, that pretty-much meant you were gay and the other Marines knew it. And you were gone as fast as the paperwork could get processed.