A technicality almost let the General off the hook for molesting his daughter

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5. well you are wrong

it is very much a distinction. The lower appellate court for each branch is made up of active duty military judge advocates.

The top appellate court is made up of people with limitations on military service at all, and are often people with experience commensurate with those picked for the other Circuit Courts.

They are not tied to the DOD. They don't work for the DOD. They generally don't have any DOD experience. They often rule against the DOD as they did here since if was the DEFENSE that held the position they ultimately ruled on, not the government *you know, the DOD folks in charge who argued against it?

But I've practiced before CAAF so what do I know?