Big Chicken Dinner

Real troop slang for a Bad Conduct Discharge — and the name for this: one real UCMJ court-martial case a week, told straight, sourced to the record. Every case here really happened. Nothing is invented, nothing is embellished, and nobody who died or was seriously hurt ends up as a punchline.

This Week’s Case

Court-Martial of CSM Perry T. McNeillConvicted; letter of reprimand, reduced to E-7, partial pay forfeiture

A Command Sergeant Major Wore a Ranger Tab for Three Years. He Never Went to Ranger School.

CSM Perry McNeill claimed on his own Enlisted Record Brief that he graduated Ranger School in 1994. He didn’t. A Fort Sill court-martial caught up with him twenty years later.

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The Docket

MarinesUnited States v. Clawson

A Marine Sergeant Major Wore Nine Medals He Never Earned — Including a Fake Purple Heart

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MarinesUnited States v. Sterling

A Marine Taped Three Bible Verses to Her Desk. It Went All the Way to the Supreme Court.

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ArmyCourt-Martial of Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold Got Court-Martialed for Misusing Army Wagons — Then Sold Out West Point Because He Was Still Mad About It

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ArmyUnited States v. Preston

A Soldier Washed Out of Flight School, So He Stole a Helicopter and Landed It on the White House Lawn

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NavyUnited States v. Dickerson

The Navy Court-Martialed a Man for Lip-Syncing Frozen

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