Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog
Here’s a new twist; Navy Times reports:
A senior master-at-arms and expert dog handler once censured by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus for abusing subordinates has, in a remarkable twist of fate, been awarded the Silver Star for battlefield heroism during a harrowing 2009 firefight in Afghanistan during which he shot and killed two enemy fighters firing at him from less than 15 feet away.
Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Michael Toussaint “displayed great battlefield courage,” Mabus wrote in the May 11 citation, a copy of which was obtained by Navy Times. The Navy verified its authenticity.