Chapter 15 - The Disciplinary Hearing Begins Inside The Courtroom
The following morning at 0800 hours, the base courtroom was packed to absolute maximum capacity.
Junior officers, MPs, and senior staff crowded the wooden benches to witness the preliminary disciplinary hearing.
Major Hale sat at the defense table, looking pale and hollowed out from a sleepless night in detention.
I walked through the back double doors wearing my full service dress whites, flanked by two armed aides.
The courtroom sprang to absolute, synchronized attention as the presiding military judge hammered his gavel.
“All rise for the convening authority, General Eleanor Vance,” the bailiff announced in a booming voice.
I took my seat at the presiding observation desk overlooking the entire courtroom floor.
“Be seated,” I instructed calmly, my eyes locking directly onto Hale’s terrified, sweating face across the room.
“We are here today to review the formal charges of gross insubordination and conduct unbecoming against Major Hale.”
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The prosecutor opened his leather binder, stepping forward to present the unedited audio logs from the club.
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