@dianarendon5845

2 years ago

Well let me tell you a short personal story, except this is about the military, but it’s kinda equal to a ‘“snitching” story for you, when I was a young recruit in the Air Force (I’m your.age btw Matt), I reported potentially illegal activity twice. Once to protect myself because I didn’t want to risk get arrested for drugs, I knew there were in the tent/platoon where I was in, and in basic training, usually if one recruit gets caught with contraband, EVERYBODY in the platoon gets punished, not just the wrongdoers, and the the second incident was when I overheard a talk of racially motivated violence, you know the MTIs or the sergeants are NOT going to buy into the fact the any other recruits In the platoon didn’t know about any contraband or other violations, they know comrades tend to cover up or turn a blind eye for each other, but the price of that is the risk of getting equally punished, and I didn’t want to risk possibly even getting sent to the stockade, but in both cases, I was still treated with respect. I would also point out that I utilized the chain of command by first going to the my MTI. The second meeting with a commander took place at the officer’s club and I was given a coke. Greeting and love for you, stay safe.

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