Drunken Stupidity Lands Camp Humphrey NCO in Jail

From the Stars and Stripes:

During a court-martial Thursday, Sgt. Luke S. Davis, Company A, 527th Military Intelligence Battalion, was sentenced on one count of maiming to eight months of confinement, partial forfeiture of his pay during that time and reduction to the military’s lowest rank.

Meanwhile, Pvt. Robert Kim of the same company and unit is anticipating more reconstructive surgery. He suffered second-degree burns over 15 percent of his body during a July confrontation with Davis, according to testimony and court proceedings.

Kim, who is Asian, has been counseled by his chain of command since the July 4 incident for his choice of words, according to court proceedings. Davis, who is white, said it was Kim’s racially charged story — which Kim testified was meant as a joke — that prompted him to lunge for Kim as he stood near a stove with a pan of hot water.

Read the rest of the article for the full story, but the whole incident was so stupid. By all accounts the SGT Davis was a good NCO, but let me tell you where he went wrong. First of all he was overly intoxicated which is never good and then secondly he was overly intoxicated and hanging out with lower enlisted soldiers. If you are an NCO you are putting yourself in a situation where nothing good can come from if you are overly intoxicated and hanging out with subordinates. Unfortunately for this NCO he has