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Originally Posted by MothBalls
Property is a perfect description. When you join the American Military, as others have mentioned, you do give up some rights and are subject to a different set of laws. One of those rights being double jeopardy. A civilian can only be charged for a crime once. As a military member, if you commit a civilian crime you can be tried in a civilian court, and then be tried again for the same crime by courts martial. .
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Pretty much. In my unit we joked about the oath of enlistment.
"I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; and to give up my rights so these f*ckers in this crappy nation nobody cares about can have them instead"
Another wisecrack was to "issue" yourself by listing yourself by nonclamature like any other piece of equipment on various forms. After my last and first name, id write in something like, "SSgt type, 1 each".
These jokes, jokes though they may be, are not without reason. Which steers back to the original subject of this thread.
