Reliefs, firings, suspensions and such
A government sniper had a negligent discharge during a speech by the French president.
— A government sniper had a negligent discharge during a speech by the French president. He hit a waiter and a railroad employee. We wish him well on his new assignment, probably on a remote island in the South Atlantic.
— The commander of the hospital at Ft. Bragg was put on double-secret probation.
— A government sniper had a negligent discharge during a speech by the French president. He hit a waiter and a railroad employee. We wish him well on his new assignment, probably on a remote island in the South Atlantic.
— The commander of the hospital at Ft. Bragg was put on double-secret probation.
— The British army tweeted this: “Army husband and wife make history when Lt Col Gill Wilkinson of 154 Regt RLC handed over command to her husband Lt Col Alan Wilkinson.”
— As expected the skipper of the Navy cruiser that grounded in Tokyo Bay was thrown overboard.
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