Military Justice in the Consumer Perspective

Abstract

This article will examine critically the military's official perspective of military justice, including the affirmative deceptions practiced consciously or unconsciously by the military to reinforce that perspective. Military justice will then be viewed from an entirely different perspective, that of its most frequent consumer, the rank-and-file serviceman. This latter examination will demonstrate the gross inequities of the present system of military justice. Finally, an alternative system of justice for military personnel will be proposed.