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[email protected] It Happens Force) on the other side of the base. Now, have shown the power that supposedly Secretary of Defense Hagel an I don’t propose that we go back to the mature male MTIs have over females, nounced support to change the UCMJ days of the WAF, but I agree with General that doesn’t mean without adequate to strip convening authorities of their Iosue that we do need to separate the oversight and supervision it can’t be ability to modify findings of a courtmartial guys and gals at that critical stage in controlled. [“Air Force World: UCMJ Changes Rec- their military experience. The marines I don’t know if General Iosue’s state ommended,” June, p. 18]. Hagel said, still do, and we don’t hear about such ment that “very few cases of sexual as “These changes ... would help ensure assaults from them. sault” during his tenure was because of that our military justice system works I also do not believe separating the a magic bullet or luck, but I can assure fairly, ensures due process, and is ac sexes in basic will have a deleterious you I also seldom heard of any during countable.” Of course, the Secretary is effect on their training as they will that period. directly implying that the current process fight. They can be trained together in CMSgt. Lou Georgieff, does not work fairly. All of this stems from tech school. But I do believe that we USAF (Ret.) political agenda fallout over Lieutenant should never, ever have male [training San Antonio General Franklin’s decision to set aside instructors] responsible for female basic and dismiss a wrongful conviction of an trainees.