VAPA,
Ok this is what I want you to do before you respond any further...
1. Close your eyes
2. Grab both your earlobes
3. Start massaging
4. Take a deep breath in, exhale out
5. Say "WooSaaa" a couple of times.
Calm now? BP down? Ok good, now continue, love the sarcasm!
P.S. Is China actually nice this time of year or are you just saying that?
And I must say, just because you are in the military, does not mean you are not an American citizen. So unbecoming of an officer I think is total BS. He did nothing illegal, although being a pain in the @$$, but playing dumb is not illegal and never will be. It should have never gotten to his CO, if he did get in trouble, it was because this was made public.
I do not believe it says he actually got in trouble but rather the BP attempted to get him in trouble by the 3 page letter and emails.