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What's the big deal??
What's the big deal??
What's wrong with it?
Now that is a picture of disrespect.
A photo showing an airman tongue-kissing a Prisoner of War-Missing in Action symbol has gone viral, angering veterans.
The picture — of Staff Sgt. Cherish Byers, of the 92nd Security Forces Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington — has been posted on several Facebook pages, prompting an angry online response.
Marine Corps veteran Michael Kelley wrote of his "blind fury and disgust", while another, Tara Marie Murray, said: "Let me put this out there seeing as I'm Air Force veteran…no matter what uniform she was wearing this is disrespectful anyway."
The picture shows Byers wearing her senior airman's rank insignia. Although it was taken almost three years ago, it has only now gone viral.
The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, James Cody told the Air Force Times, “it's a concern any time someone shows disrespect for prisoners of war and those missing in action. "They deserve our utmost respect and we must always remember their sacrifice and the legacy they've left for us as men and women serving our nation." The statement added, "I want to make to clear that this is not a reflection of airmen who wear this uniform; it is a case of port judgment of one airman…to say we are disappointed would be an understatement."
An investigation has been launched into the incident, reported the Air Force Times.
Read more: Tongue kiss of MIA symbol by Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherish Byers goes viral, sparks outrage - NY Daily News
There is a certain amount of decorum that is expected of members of the US Military. The activity shown in the photograph goes well outside the boundaries of that decorum.
Mocking our POW's is no big deal huh. What evil runs through your veins?
Mocking our POW's is no big deal huh. What evil runs through your veins?
For those that want to know what the big deal is, here you go:
Photo of airman kissing POW-MIA symbol causes uproar | Military Times | militarytimes.com
I don't think she should be kicked out, but I do think repremanded her with an article 15 is in order.
For those that want to know what the big deal is, here you go:
Photo of airman kissing POW-MIA symbol causes uproar | Military Times | militarytimes.com
I don't think she should be kicked out, but I do think repremanded her with an article 15 is in order.
dude I had no idea what the picture was or what the heck she was doing. Atleast others had the decency to put some background up and you were the op.
This from your link says it all.
"There's absolutely no reason to have done anything like that," Kelley said. "It goes completely against everything that we're taught in the military from Day 1. She failed herself; she's failed the Air Force and the military community as a whole by doing something that disrespectful and then having it get out to the world like that."
He said the picture reflects a wider "cultural problem" in the Air Force that is also evidenced by the cheating scandal involving Air Force missile officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.
"It seems like one thing after another with this complete lack of respect for the basic principles of being in a military service," said Kelley, who left the Marine Corps in 2003 as a lance corporal.?
Sawyer, some people didn't recognize that from your pic. That is why I went to get the article and so did Maggie.
Edit: If you could, there should be another option listed though if you're serious about the poll. An option for non-judicial punishment (aka Article 15). I think she should be punished, but not kicked out.
I too think she should get NJP, lose a stripe, which would be a career killer. But if this happened would we have a bunch of threads about Obama running good NCO's out of the service?
I'm sorry but I just don't see how anybody does not immediately recognize that symbol. Maybe it's an age thing. Maybe my poll could have had more options but I was so mad when I saw this on our local news that it was all I could do not to put the option of hang this b*** up.
meh...who cares?
Theres LOTS of things that happen in the military that goes against what the military is. In my time in, we had people with DUIs, drinking under age, physical assaults, etc. NONE of those things exemplify the military.
Again, I think she should be punished and a field grade article 15 could do the trick IMO. No, I don't think she should be kicked out.
I am more familiar with the one below. Just looking at that picture it was hard to tell.
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Maybe you are right but something about that pic is like a punch in the guts to me.
There is a certain amount of decorum that is expected of members of the US Military. The activity shown in the photograph goes well outside the boundaries of that decorum.