The military does NOT care if a member takes leave or not. They do NOT force a member to take leave, if they wish to lose it that is there concern. Stating the Admiral had to take leave is pure bull.
A service record is NOT one or two pieces of paper in a manila folder! Service records are in brown cardboard folders and are, depending on the length of time the member is in the service, could be quite full.
This one I have seen a number of times: when a member is court martialed the jury is made up of personnel whose rank is equal to or above the member being court martialed. There are never any member below the person's rank.
A service record is NOT one or two pieces of paper in a manila folder! Service records are in brown cardboard folders and are, depending on the length of time the member is in the service, could be quite full.
This one I have seen a number of times: when a member is court martialed the jury is made up of personnel whose rank is equal to or above the member being court martialed. There are never any member below the person's rank.