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Why do you say "Not Looking Good"? In my opinion; which doesn't mean a whole lot; the TRUTH is ALWAYS the best thing. And "IF" this midshipman did in fact smuggle 100+ pounds of pot and break into someone's else at gun point and stole $12,000 and drugs; then I WANT to see him get the max sentence. It also shows "GOOD" for the Navy for not putting up with such crap and/or trying to cover it up to save face. I think it "Looks Good". There are times when people; young and old; screw up. And when you screw up, sometimes catching a break and some leniency is appropriate. Smuggling 100+ pounds of pot, B&E, burglary, assault, etc... are NOT SCREW UPs. Those are intentional. So "IF" he is found guilty; and "IF" he can not come up with some legitimate excuse like his Mom is dying of cancer and he did this because he needed the money for an operation; (Or something similar); then the best thing the Navy can do is maintain it's long standing level of integrity and honor, and prosecute to the extent of the law. Then those paying the bills (The American Tax Payers) will know that their military has honor and does not cover up the truth when trash like this midshipman (Assuming he's found guilty) tries to infiltrate our military.
Of course you are correct in that it is good for the military to act on this and not cover it up. I'm sure usna mom agrees also. I think what she meant by it doesn't look good is just to mean that it appears to be what it appears to be. I'm sure she, like I and am sure others all hope when we see things like this, that there is an innocent explanation and the mid is a victim also.
So I agree, it doesn't look good for him, he's apparently not a victim of this. And I agree with you, that it's nice to see the military handle it the way they are.
I remember in '83 we had an RV rental shop in San Diego just off 32nd Street. A bunch of Marines and Sailors were always renting RV's on 96'ers and taking it down to mexico and enjoying the beaches. Of course to enjoy the beach meant to travel about an hour or so south of Tijuana. Anyhow, at one point an RV was inspected coming back across the border and drugs were found. All Marines on board were shocked and up to this point had been hard chargers with a great record. Further investigation found they were innocent. There was a drug ring at the RV rental shop that was stashing the drugs in a hidden compartment while the Marines were in the water. The investigation done by NIS (they weren't called NCIS yet) involved checking all of the vehicles at the rental shop, not just the one the Marines had rented.
At the time Marines and Sailors weren't checked at the border very often, and after this event, I don't know about the Sailors, but Marines were not allowed to rent vehicles and take it across the border.
I guess this is a long way to say, when I first saw the posting about the mid getting busted, I had hoped it was similar situation as the Marines back in '83. Unfortunately, it doesn't look good that it'll be that kind of turnout.
JB