Originally Posted by conoblep

Some depressing food for thought, after reading that at least one of the pilots mixed up in the indictments was pulling military retirement. If a person is pulling any sort of retirement, they are technically still in a reserve component of the DoD (USMC retirees are part of the FMCR while pulling retired pay, the Air Force is the 'Retired Reserve'). Which means they are still subject to the UCMJ. Which means the Air Force could go after him for misconduct and take his retirement away if he is convicted.