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RE: Always-welcomed reply
#1. Hope you're having fun! How's your health and welfare?
I am having a blast here. The beaches are beautiful. I live with one
housemate in a two-bedroom townhouse. I have a gov't vehicle, and a
meal card for a galley that makes me a fresh
egg-white-peppers-and-onions omelete every morning. I'd do this again a
million times over. The SOLE disappoint is the poor phone and internet
- it's STRANGELY bad. But frankly, I'm finding myself happy to be
without the distractions. More time for snorkeling and the like. This
is a VERY, VERY welcome break from my op-tempo in Oki - it's a 180.
#2. Might you avail yourself of some free career counseling from me
before you make a go/no go decision on a career in the Corps? The older
I get, the wiser I get.
YES - I always want the advice. I'm at a loss as to what to do. Should
I go reserves, try to get a civilian job, and get mobilized if I can't?
Stay active for at least one more pump (word is that I'll be a TC in
Pensacola - sounds like good experience to me). Your thoughts? 20
years of all-active is just not a realistic goal for me -- I do intend
to start birthing a litter of libertarians, and I will be home with them
while they're in grade school. But the reserves might be an option???
Captain L. R. Bruzzese, USMC
Assistant Staff Judge Advocate
JTF-GTMO/SJA
APO AE 09360
laura.r.bruzzese@jtfgtmo.southcom.mil
laura.r.bruzzese@jtfgtmo.southcom.smil.mil
DSN: 660-8634
Comm: 011-53-99-8634
-----Original Message-----
From: Neal Puckett [mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:12 PM
To: Bruzzese, Laura R Capt USSOUTHCOM JTFGTMO
Subject: Unsolicited reply
Laura,
No doubt he gets back pay at least through tomorrow. All the "bad time"
is rendered good time when his conviction is reversed. The next move is
up to the command (after the reversal that is expected). If they put
him on legal hold pending U.S. v. Sezginalp, Part Deux, he has to go
back on the payroll through resolution of the charges, as well. After
tomorrow, if they want to adsep him, they have to expedite because he
can only be held on active duty pending the nominal out-processing time
for a general or honorable discharge, but he is still due pay until
separation. They cannot hold him beyond his EAS to involuntarily adsep
him recommending OTH. What the SJA seems to be leveraging now is a
perceived unwillingness to return to Okinawa to face charges (assuming
no one would want to do that), hoping he'll submit the standard (OTH)
SILT. And that ain't happenin', as we say in Indiana. I believe the
Sez family would hire me to do his retrial, which is going to be
contested, unless we get a no BCD, no confinement deal. Or in the
alternative, unless they approve a SILT with a general discharge.
Hope you're having fun! How's your health and welfare? Might you avail
yourself of some free career counseling from me before you make a go/no
go decision on a career in the Corps? The older I get, the wiser I get.
Neal
Neal A. Puckett, Esq
LtCol, USMC (Ret)
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On Feb 25, 2010, at 12:39 PM, Bruzzese, Laura R Capt USSOUTHCOM JTFGTMO
wrote:
Best of luck. Weird coincidence with the timing. A reversal would mean
a lot of backpay, even if he did ultimately wind up with a BCD, no?
I'll look that up myself - no response necessary.
Captain L. R. Bruzzese, USMC
Assistant Staff Judge Advocate
JTF-GTMO/SJA
APO AE 09360
laura.r.bruzzese@jtfgtmo.southcom.mil
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-----Original Message-----
From: Neal Puckett [mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:59 AM
To: gsezginalp@comcast.net
Subject: Re: San's enlistment date Feb. 27, 06, 4 yrs
Guven,
That's my goal, as well. That would be the least costly option for
them. Let's hope economics will drive the solution.
Thanks for the information. So the end of his period of obligated
active duty is actually tomorrow, 26 Feb 2010. Still waiting to hear
what the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals does with his
appeal. Will let you know as soon as I hear anything from that court.
Please give my greetings to San.
Neal
Neal A. Puckett, Esq
LtCol, USMC (Ret)
Puckett & Faraj, PC
Washington DC | Virginia
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On Feb 25, 2010, at 10:53 AM, gsezginalp@comcast.net wrote:
Dear Neal,
Thank you for updating us for San's status.
FYI. Please find below his enlistment date and length with USMC.
Date: Feb. 27 2006
Length: 4 years.
I hope his command will release him with no further time and expense to
Military and us. We still believe that the correct justice will prevail.
Best regards.
Guven