The Military Record of J. R. Majewski
J.R. Majewski is the Republican nominee in the race to represent Ohio District 9 in the House of Representative. He is seeking to unseat incumbent Marcy Kaptur. Majewski has made his military service a focal point in his campaign. Now there are questions about the veracity of his claims. Is he a "combat veteran"? Why did he leave the Air Force at the rank of Airman (E-2)? What happened?
At first, Majewski claimed that there was a brawl in a barracks that resulted in his demotion from Airman First Class (E-3) to Airman. Now the Associated Press has obtained a copy of a document showing that is probably not the case. That document is a copy of the Nonjudicial Proceedings that Majewski was subjected to. One of the news stories pointed out that Majewski waived his right to court-martial. When a commanding officer offers one of the people under their command nonjudicial punishment, the accused can refuse it; and go straight to court-martial. Majewski made that waiver.
The document also lists Majewski's rank at the time of the proceeding as being Airman First Class. It also shows that as part of his punishment that his rank was reduced to Airman Basic (E-1) but that part of the demotion was stayed, meaning he was only demoted to Airman. To put this into proper context, you need to know that promotion from E-1 to E-2 and from E-2 to E-3 is automatic. Automatic that is, unless you mess up somehow. Promotion from E-1 to E-2 comes after the first six months of service. Promotion from E-2 to E-3 comes ten months after being promoted to E-2.
This raises questions. Why was he never promoted back to the rank of E-3?
If he was a combat veteran and/or deployed to Afghanistan, why wasn't he awarded the campaign awards?
I do not believe for one moment that this guy was involved in classified operations that were so secret they were never recorded in his personnel record. He wasn't a Spec Ops type. He was someone who loaded and unloaded cargo/supplies from aircraft.
The irony is that had he not chosen to embellish his service beyond what it actually was, this would probably be a non-issue. An Article 15 (nonjudicial punishment) for DUI with no further problems would be understandable. Instead he kept embellishing and prevaricating and the result is obvious. 538 dot com projects his chances of winning the race against Kaptur are only 1 in 4. Long odds indeed. Especially when he puts his foot in his mouth often enough to have caught a case of athlete's tongue.
At first, Majewski claimed that there was a brawl in a barracks that resulted in his demotion from Airman First Class (E-3) to Airman. Now the Associated Press has obtained a copy of a document showing that is probably not the case. That document is a copy of the Nonjudicial Proceedings that Majewski was subjected to. One of the news stories pointed out that Majewski waived his right to court-martial. When a commanding officer offers one of the people under their command nonjudicial punishment, the accused can refuse it; and go straight to court-martial. Majewski made that waiver.
The document also lists Majewski's rank at the time of the proceeding as being Airman First Class. It also shows that as part of his punishment that his rank was reduced to Airman Basic (E-1) but that part of the demotion was stayed, meaning he was only demoted to Airman. To put this into proper context, you need to know that promotion from E-1 to E-2 and from E-2 to E-3 is automatic. Automatic that is, unless you mess up somehow. Promotion from E-1 to E-2 comes after the first six months of service. Promotion from E-2 to E-3 comes ten months after being promoted to E-2.
This raises questions. Why was he never promoted back to the rank of E-3?
If he was a combat veteran and/or deployed to Afghanistan, why wasn't he awarded the campaign awards?
I do not believe for one moment that this guy was involved in classified operations that were so secret they were never recorded in his personnel record. He wasn't a Spec Ops type. He was someone who loaded and unloaded cargo/supplies from aircraft.
The irony is that had he not chosen to embellish his service beyond what it actually was, this would probably be a non-issue. An Article 15 (nonjudicial punishment) for DUI with no further problems would be understandable. Instead he kept embellishing and prevaricating and the result is obvious. 538 dot com projects his chances of winning the race against Kaptur are only 1 in 4. Long odds indeed. Especially when he puts his foot in his mouth often enough to have caught a case of athlete's tongue.
posted by me at 8:50 PM
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