Marines arrested for camping?

[yellowwing]

Facing deployment to war, Marines arrested <br />
By Enoch Autry/Publisher <br />
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Two U.S. Marines pled guilty Tuesday in court to charges stemming from their Jan. 5 arrests when they established an illegal...

[hrscowboy]

Psychiatric Drugs???? Duh What The Hell Is This Young Man Doing Even In The Marine Corps Still????

[greensideout]

"Illegal campsite"? Ooooh, that's a really big crime!
How about, give them a talk and send them on their way.
Our governmental way of conducting "rule" inforcement has gone nuts!!!

[yellowwing]

Dickey, Bazemore said, was scheduled for return from military leave to his unit in Camp Lejuene, but decided to take some extra days. A 30-day "grace period" can be exercised for those in the military, the attorney said.
Its kind of hard to determine if these Marines were really UA from this statement. I never heard of a "grace period" for reporting back to duty.

If the local law enforcement did get a call on this I can see why they used so many resources go out and find 2 armed Marines in the bush!

On Jan. 5, the Georgia State Patrol, Sylvania Police Department, K-9 units, and helicopter aviation unit from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Fish And Game Commission aided the sheriff's office apprehension of Dickey and Joyner.

[hrscowboy]

I wanna know why one of these marines are on that kind of drugs and still in the service???