Opinion: Drug Users Are A Disgrace To Navy Values
The following is an op-ed by a retired U.S. Navy Public Affairs Officer.
Navy Values are not something you can just turn on and off at a moment’s notice. They define a lifestyle that is embodied by the decisions you make both on and off duty. In my last four months in the Navy, my public affairs team handled over 378 drug offense statements. In a single quarter!
These seamen, who decide to abuse illegal drugs, not to mention jeopardizing not only their careers, but possibly the lives of everyone who serves with them, make a conscious decision, and deserve maximum punishment under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.
Unfortunately many of these sailors are not being prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. These men and women need to be made an example of, and should receive, at a minimum, an Other Than Honorable discharge and full loss of all benefits. Their shame should be a stigma that follows them until the day they die.
I don’t want my honorable service, and those of the millio…
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