>> "Army general charged by Naval Air Service colonel. What with?"
>>
>> Mio shrugged, taking another drink. "Being stupid in a war zone."
>>
>> Reimu gave a snort of half-hearted laughter. "That's not in the Articles of War."
>>
>> "You haven't read the Navy version."
>>
>> Reimu considered her cup, then sighed, put it down unfilled, and stood up.
>
>Given that Strike Witches is set in this alternate WW2 timeline, one
>would assume that the older 'Rocks and Shoals' apply rather than the
>UCMJ...
>
>https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/customs-and-traditions0/rocks-shoals-articles-government-usnavy-redirect.html
>
>“The punishment of death, or such other punishment as a court
>martial may adjudge, may be inflicted on any person in the naval
>service... intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the
>Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals, or improperly
>hazarded or maliciously or willfully injures any vessel of the Navy,
>or any part of her tackle, armament, or equipment, whereby the safety
>the vessel is hazarded or the lives of the crew exposed to danger,”
>pretty much describes what happened here, and a good case can be made
>for it since Mio IS the actual Squadron commander now.
>

Yep. All too possible. Now, StUlrich isn't a ship per se, but if she could convince an Admiralty board that Reimu really was putting people in danger...

Well, the IJA and IJN during the IRL WW2 considered each other the real enemy far more than the US. (I've seen at least one Weird War 2 game where the IJN pulled a coup and took over from the IJA, pulled out of the alliance with Germany, and went their own way.)

>> Lucchini didn't miss her cue. "Hey Shirley, how do you know?"
>>
>> "OK, so, there I was..."
>
>Heh. The classic opening to what sailors call a sea story!

The alternate opening, of course, being "No shit, this really happened...."

>
>Blazkowicz... I'm thinking, but not positive he was their ally in the
>great B-36 caper?

Yeah. BJ Blazkowicz is also the protagonist of the "Castle Wolfenstein" games, and is believed by many to be an ancestor of the MC of "Doom" and its sequels.