Questions about whether Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Jim Amos illegally pressured subordinates to punish Marines shown urinating on Taliban corpses in a video may limit Amos’ ability to lead the Marine Corps for the remainder of his tenure, Foreign Policy is reporting. Marine Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, a respected general officer, has alleged that Amos made clear he wanted the Marines in the video thrown out of the Marine Corps — a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which prevents a commander from interfering in legal proceedings, Foreign Policy reported in the Feb. 27 story. Amos recently recently…
Author Jeff Schogol
Twitter exploded shortly after news broke on Sunday that the Marine Corps was trying to make it harder for Marines to get their copies of Marine Corps Times. So far, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has not weighed in on this issue. “I think we’ll let the Marine Corps speak about their decision,” Army Col. Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, told reporters at a press event on Monday. But fellow journalists, Marines and retirees have not been shy about making their voices heard by taking to social media to question the Marine Corps’ move. Here is a collection of some…
