At My Purple Heart Ceremony, My Stepmother Swung a Folding Chair Into My Arm—Then My Father Looked Down Instead of Protecting Me
So I changed the subject.
“What did she get charged with?”
“Don’t know yet.”
Good answer.
The MPs had detained her.
Base law enforcement had taken statements.
Because she was a civilian and the incident happened on a federal military installation with overlapping jurisdiction, the final charging decision belonged to lawyers and prosecutors, not General Campbell.
No instant conviction.