What Kind of Punishment?

When the military threatens you with punishment they usually won't tell you what words like "hard labor" actually mean. Here are some definitions that you should find helpful:

• Hard labor: This is simply the usual tasks that low-ranking enlisted people perform, such as mopping floors. A lot of it may be make-work.
• Restriction: If you're on restriction, you're not allowed to leave the base or certain areas of the base. You must "report in" several times during the day. But you'll perform your normal work.
• Forfeitures: If you're sentenced to forfeitures, you won't be paid all or part of your salary for a certain period.
• Detention of pay: If you're sentenced to detention of pay, your pay will be withheld for a certain period of time.
• Confinement: Imprisonment in the brig or stockade.

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