I think it's funny you're actually arguing this point, but...
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Hh?
Hh is not a word.
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Sure, they can demote you, but that takes an appreciable effort on the part of the command, and you really have to do something stupid to warrant the demotion.
Not really. I've known fellow sailors who went up for things like refusing to take medical shots that could possibly have dire effects to forgetting to turn a valve during a potentially dangerous procedure.
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Especially if you've achieved a high enough rank, where it takes an act of Cngress (or just short of same) to authorize a pay/rank cut.
Congress? Perhaps, if you ram a ship or plane into foreign soil. Otherwise, Congress does not care. Congress doesn't have time to worry about 99.9% of the cases for demotion in the military.
Also, who gets involved is very different between enlisted and commissioned personnel.
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The same applies to taking away the pay. Even for privates, it takes a blatant enough act on the part of the grunt to get slammed for the funds. Sending you to Alaska? Hey... it counts as OCONUS service. Not friggin' likely.
What's your point. I said that things worse than being fired can happen to someone in the military. All you've done is support that statement.
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And scrubbing decks and peeling onions... are you talking about the US military or a fuckin' pirate crew? Welcome to the 21st century. 
I'm talking about the U.S. Military. More specifically, the USS George Washington CVN-73 where I served for four of my six years in the Navy. Maybe you had an easy command where no one got punished, but the 73 averaged about 3 or 4 Captain's Masts a week. Ask around, I ain't the only one who knows the military isn't exactly afraid to hand out its own brand of justice.
Welcome to the real world, lol :P
