Slander Of A Member Of The Military

[strikenoir]

I have a question about about defamation
I have a marine who came from another unit last year
a few days a gunny that he had some bad history
with showed as part of an inspection team
the marine found later on that , that gunny had
his boss about the history that he once had with gunny
and during a meetin it was brought up
I was wondering if that marine could take any
recourse against that gunny for now tarnishing
his image to his superiors

[Mr. Knowitall]

You haven't indicated that any false statements were made.

[jk]

Didn't know you were fluent in whatever language OP was communicating in Mr K.

I couldn;t understand what he was saying at all.

[chuckycheese]

Me neither! (I think I figured it out but it's pretty challenging.)

[strikenoir]

I am sorry about the wording but
from what I am getting from Mr Knowitall's response
in order for him to be able to do anything
the statements that the gunny made about him
would have to be false

and let me guess
the way the UCMJ defines Slander is only if the statements
are false
correct?

[aaron]

I am not aware of any definition of slander which encompasses statements that are true.

[strikenoir]

So basically, even that marine had has changed and cleaned , there is nothing that preventing someone from their past with a grudge from coming and pretty much wrecking everything that marine has accomplished since then
great
why I am always the bearer of bad news

[Bamboonga]

So basically, even that marine had has changed and cleaned , there is nothing that preventing someone from their past with a grudge from coming and pretty much wrecking everything that marine has accomplished since then
great
why I am always the bearer of bad news

Slander has to be false. Oftentimes the burden of proof is on the person slandered to prove it's not true.

Bump.