JAILS ARE DANGEROUS

Something a soldier may consider before drinking too much in town and off-base ... a civilian jail is no place for anyone. A soldier could be assaulted in jail before the military authorities can pick them up.
Most Long-term jail facilities are overcrowded. They house dangerous criminal types. These jails generally house prisoners from all walks of life and people who have committed crimes ranging from DUI to violent crimes of Murder 1. No jail is really secure and no person from prisoner to jail staff is really safe. Fights between prisoners occur most of the time, prisoner(s) and detention officer(s), and other disturbances occur daily like, flooding of cells, refusals to return to their cells, suicide attempts, threats of all kinds to fellow prisoners and staff members. Rapes occur and are usually never reported for fear of being killed by the perpetrator.. These are only a few things that can happen to anyone in a jail. Jails are unpredictable and that trouble can arise in a split second, from calm to all hell breaking out. If anyone reading this article has never been to jail ...

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If you are ever arrested and taken to jail, remember to act accordingly. Prisoners are treated with respect so long as they behave ... should a prisoner act up otherwise, they will be isolated from other prisoners in the jail until they can behave and follow officer verbal directives and jail guidelines. Do not attempt to be tough or act stupid ... you will get nowhere with that kind of attitude. Questions? When entering jail ... most questions you may have will be answered in time .. just be sure to answer all the questions the jail staff is required to ask you, and to do as you are told while you are incarcerated. Hopefully you will never experience any time in a jail, it isn't worth your time ... or in some rare cases ... your life.

Been there done that, even racked up some additional charges

You too gunny? I did a little time in the Brig @ Treasure Island for a bogus assault charge on an officer. Lost a stripe but made it through ok.

Oh yeah, Done 45 days jail time and 60 days brig time, 4 NJP's without loss of a stripe. Had to make up those days when I was ready to retire. My assault charge on the zero wasn't bogus. I did it and would have done it again had the opportunity presented itself again.

You're a wild man gunny! My shipmates saved me from myself. I had this LTJG who came aboard without a clue about Navy life at sea. In a matter of a few months all of a sudden he became the authority on being a Navy BM and during a mooring detail, he started yelling at me for letting the lines get too taught. I was an E-5 and knew fully what I was doing but this zero decided it was time for him to step in and take over. I grabbed him by the collar and shoved his ass off the sponson and my shipmates jumped on me as I was getting ready to lay in to his sorry ass. I ended up being charged with assault on an officer, reduction in rate to E-4 and six months in confinement following a Court Martial.

I once colored outside the lines.....?

During my first enlistment I was a field radio operator for artillery battalion. I was sent TAD to a Recon unit with radio and gear (my radio an pack alone weighed in at over 100lbs with batteries)and was operating in the field for 25 days with the Recon team, snoopin an poopin all over Camp Pendleton. It was challenging enough to hump 100 plus lbs around 7X24 for 25 days let me tell you, but to have to do it recon style was a killer. Just so you know, the Recon Marines packs and gear only weighed in at 65lbs each, never once did I need them to carry any of my load. At the end of the mission, they made a point of inviting me to run with them anytime. At that time, that was considered as a very strong compliment as these guy's were fresh from Nam.

Anyway, (got off track there) The only time I got to ride anywhere during those 25 days was once with a helo ascent to the aircraft carrier, (via D ring and harness under the helo) the ride back to the beach was in a rubber boat, and finally at the end on the 25th day, I hitched a ride in a passing 5 ton back to my unit. It was when I arrived at my unit that the trouble started and escalated from there that got me my NJP's. My command was holding a formation and when I jumped down from the truck, I was ordered to fall in. They then proceeded to hold an unscheduled uniform inspection which I promptly failed having been in the same uniform for the last ten days straight. One NJP for not shining my boots and brass for a formation, One NJP for not shaving, One NJP for striking the Gunny, One NPJ for striking an Officer during a military formation. The Gunny had a big ol grin on his face when was informing me of all the pending actions for failing the inspection when I lost it all over him and nailed him. I stood toe to toe with the Gunny trading blows an next I knew this Captain was holding my arms to my side when the Gunny cold cocked me. The Captain was pulling me off the Gunny and was pulling me away when the Gunny nailed me three good ones with my arms pinned. The Capt eventually let go and me and the Guns went at it again, and in the process I broke the Captains nose and two ribs when he got close enough again. I figured I was gonna get a court martial anyway so I was swinging at anyone and anything that moved, and I wanted to make certain that this damned Gunny and this jackoff Captain knew without a doubt that I wasn't gonna take this shit any more.

Both the Capt and the Gunny made sure that whenever they dealt with me in the future, that each always made sure they had a witness present. Didn't stop the gunny from making me pay more though. Dug many a deep friggin hole for that guy only to have him toss in a cigarette butt and have me fill it in again.

Wow, its a good thing to know who my audience is, ha. Yes, believe it or not I was no angel myself, I did thirty days in the infamous Camp Pendleton Brig for going beyond my leave time .. and in those days the turn-keys in the brig were not friendly at all. You were issued a fire bucket, a blanket, a sheet I think, and did some form of exercise everyday in addition to all the marching. I will not elaborate on the wording of our moral pitches (singing) during our marches .. it only gave us more details.

What a sham, 30 days in the brig, did you have a family or a wife, how long over were you, were you DFR if so they should have just chaptered you out. The military is a real joke, and after these stories its no wonder civilians dont hold the military in very high regard.

rppearso your so full of **** your teeth are floating.

rppearso,

No I was not married at the time. I was young, wild and thought I knew everything ... what a shock in life that was ... I worked my bad time off during the 30 days brig time. Sorry, nobody is perfect.
Don't dishonor the military because of what I did, I'm sure I wasn't the only angel in the garden.
Then again, judge me as you like, I can take it.