Well, LFT customerserviceguy has the only sane input there, so naturally it's treated like a crucifix at a vampire picnic.
Hey DU posers: we don't have 'Juries' in the military, we have 'Panels,' and they are not 'Peers' of some mentally-unstable little homo private, they are blue-ribbon responsible people selected under the provisions of Article 25, and each side gets exactly ONE preemptory challenge when the court convenes for voir dire right before the trial commences. Sure, he can request enlisted representation on the panel, in which case at least of third of it will be enlisted personnel, but pursuant to Article 25, you can bet your ass that at least one of the three or four who end up on the panel will be a sergeant-major, and the lowest-ranking will probably be a buck sergeant.
In fact deciding to exercise his right to enlisted representation is a tough call for his defense team, since the NCOs are very likely to take a much dimmer view of his prancing little antics than the officers, who might actually give at least a tiny bit of credence to a 'Pentagon papers' defense, at least in sentencing, if probably not on the question of guilt.
