Enlistment is contractual. The Agreement is that the enlistee serves under the military law described in the Uniform Code of Justice. This is actually Admiralty law not Constitutional law. The UCMJ is the law of the military. Under which, provides religious and philosophical objections. These AF enlistees would have been in a very different situation had they submitted a religious or philosophical exemption. They did not. For this reason, I believe they simply wanted to end their enlistment in the AF.
Ah yes,I remember being told the abbreviated version of this at 17 in basic training. Of course, being a dumb grunt I didn't understand the ramifications.
Enlistment is contractual. The Agreement is that the enlistee serves under the military law described in the Uniform Code of Justice. This is actually Admiralty law not Constitutional law. The UCMJ is the law of the military. Under which, provides religious and philosophical objections. These AF enlistees would have been in a very different situation had they submitted a religious or philosophical exemption. They did not. For this reason, I believe they simply wanted to end their enlistment in the AF.
Ah yes,I remember being told the abbreviated version of this at 17 in basic training. Of course, being a dumb grunt I didn't understand the ramifications.
Did they tell you about the bowling alleys on the aircraft carrier? Or the pool hall?
Oh yeah, made it should like a grand vacation.