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Guy in UCMJ brief asking a lot of questions about age of consent

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1552

FORT REDACTED, Ga. — The weird guy in your unit is asking a lot of questions about age of consent, sources report.

Near the end of a three hour brief everyone was dying to leave, Cpl. Derek Charpe raised his hand. “The UCMJ says the minimum age is sixteen, what if it's lower where we're stationed?” Charpe asked. ‘Somewhere like Nigeria, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Comoros or Japan?”

“That is an, um, interesting question,” Capt. Sarah Wallace answered.

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