A Fish Story? Paratrooper Who Completed Final Jump With Pet Fish Receives UCMJ

Never show up your unit with something like that. Could have waited after his next duty station before releasing his video. A letter of reprimand is a minimum.

My definition if light punishment; I got a speeding ticket once (driving over 15mph on the alert pad,) during aircraft launch! My First Shirt said, “Stick out your hand, Airman!” I did. He slapped it and said “Now get back to work!”

Would pinning airborne wings on the fish be considered hazing? Just a

Rules are there for a reason. It seems more and more people are not choosing to follow rules or even laws. I would expect more from the recruits these days.

That’s hilarious. I’d take a company grade for that.

Good jump!! Bad performance on the goldfish’s part. Next time swallow the goldfish on the way down! Need the protein for the ass chewing!

I went to osut with tattersall lol.

My Navy Chief told me there were only 2 things that fall from the sky. Bird **** and damn fools and asked what I was. This followed a weekend sky diving session where I injured my knee on landing. He threatened an article 15 destruction of Government property but never did. This was 1971 and chutes were not very controllable compared to nowadays.

Just read the article...it was a nice pick me up

You're all cracking me up. I have been retired for 23 years and I see the Army is just as petty as it ever was. I got away with a lot of stuff in my day, but I knew how to stay out of the limelight. Tip of the hat, young soldier.