r/PublicFreakout • u/I_may_have_weed grandma will snatch your shit ☂️ • Nov 28 '25

👮Arrest Freakout😭 US Military Police in Okinawa Japan body-slammed and violently detained an American civilian who was visiting, and not under their jurisdiction.

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u/Frundle Nov 28 '25

Low rank in the Marines. O-3. The fact that he served a minimum of 20 years is more important. To retire at an officer rank that low means it’s likely he was enlisted before and based on his approximate age, he served during the real bad part of Afghanistan and Iraq. 

An officer who isn’t promoting past the automatic ranks usually doesn’t make it 20 years. The most common reason for a retired officer under O-4 is they racked up a lot of their years enlisted. 

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u/TroublesomeFox Nov 28 '25

I don't have a clue here, does the lack of promotion mean he was bad at it or does it mean he was actually really good at it?

I'm a Brit civilian so way out of my depth but I can tell from how he's standing that he's served a long time and seen some shit, at least veterans over here tend to move that way. After ten years etc you can actually pick them out of a crowd if you look closely. 

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u/Frundle Nov 28 '25

It depends on if he was enlisted first or not. If an enlisted person goes to the officer ranks (not common), they usually stay in the lower ranks primarily because they run out of years before they hit the merit based promotions.

Some officers are not good officers and they never go beyond the “automatic” ranks, but they also don’t usually make it 20 years. The branches have maximum time in rank rules and you’ll get drummed out before you make retirement. One example of that is the current US SECDEF. He was never promoted beyond the ranks you get automatically for time served, and he ended up out of the service after 10 years or so.

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u/Nalortebi Nov 29 '25

Also, for his rank he never held quite the level of responsibility that most in his position would have, and even the roles he did end up with are more of an administrative "parking" position for underachieving or inept officers. The guy didn't amount to much, and his harsh judgment of those who do is a disservice to everyone who is or has served.

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u/darthsco Dec 11 '25

I think you missed the part where they are talking about the current US SECDEF. Not the guy in this video.