Originally Posted by
oyster_gold
I'm trying to understand why some think it is appropriate to contact this persons superiors at his place of employment, in this case the US military? If I have a problem with you outside of your work, should I call you boss? Weird.
Maybe you have to be ex-military to understand. UCMJ extends into a military member's personal actions, not just activities on base. For a soldier, the commander and first sergeant are the point of contact when wrong-doing is suspected. The commander can impose non-judicial punishment (article 15), so he's the judge and jury. In the case of non-judicial punishment, the military police isn't involved. This might be a good case for the commander to issue an Article 15 for
Conduct unbecoming a
soldier.
It's been a while since I was in the military, so forgive me if some of the above is a little off.