Ok so my younger brother who was 17 enlisted in the USMC back in January and keep in mind he was 17. These recruiters take them buy these boys alcohol and tell them how wonderful this life will be. he went through boot camp which was 16 weeks, spent about another 30 days at Camp Geiger, and then was sent to Fort Sill to do a 5 week class at an ARMY base. He has been there for over 5 months sitting and finally got into his 5 week class. A couple weeks ago he got into a little bit of trouble, he had been out and had a couple drinks. He went back to his Barricks and ended upp getting in the middle of a fight. He was a LCPL at the time. He found out shortly after that he would be doing extra duties and being penalized by having to pay a fine, lose his LCPL rank and would have to spend an extra 7 weeks at Fort Sill. Well last week they called him into a hearing, and they decided to "make an example" of him and discharged him. This was a career for him that he loved and his first time being reprimanded since he had been enlisted. In the same day they also discharged 4 other boys, boys being said because they really are only 18 or 19 years old. I absolutly think he should have been in trouble, but being discharged? Although it will not be a dishonorable, I think this is ridiculous. he cannot ever reenlist, we come from a long like or military and very honorable at that. He is still out in OK waiting on paperwork, but what should he do? As his family what should we do? Is there anyone to contact without taking a risk that he could be hurt or retaliated against? We need help and so does he. He is a good Marine, but they are also human just like you and I reguardless if they are just "property" to the government. Remember, he is willing to lay his life on the line for our freedom, for you, for me, for all of us, do you think that a couple beers should take that away?
im needing advice on a USMc discharge, please answer if you are educated about this?
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