" Pvt. Federico Daniel Merida, 21, pleaded guilty to murder without premeditation and other charges during a court-martial in Iraq (news - web sites) in September.

Merida was sentenced Sept. 25 to 25 years in prison and reduced in rank and will be dishonorably discharged. He is being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., a Leavenworth spokeswoman said. "


What is below Private? oOo:

I dont think that soldier would mind jail at all, especially with all the other wildly handsome men over there.

Well Jin theres pvt E1, E2, E3, All of which are called privates. So he may have been an E3 (private first class {pfc}) and was demoted to private (E2).

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Most civies simply refer to all of them as PVT. Instead of PVT, PV2, and PFC, since the public would have clue what those ment.

Oooh... Yeah, forgot that it worked that way. Thanks. cool:

[quote=Tripper]"stfu" rolleyes:[/quote:8a13d]

bite me.

Well by PVT and demoting him, hence the discharge perhaps?Demotion from PVT could prob be discharge. But the other possibility explained above is prob the right thing.

quite disturbing

[quote="Short Hand":0e416][quote=Tripper]"stfu" rolleyes:[/quote:0e416]

bite me.[/quote:0e416]

Ew gross...I'd spit you straight back out.