NO JUSTICE Published Aug. 25, 2014 By Letters to Editor Via e-mail -- Regarding the article "Drunk Driving Conviction" in your Fall 2013 issue ("Around the Command," page 4), I sat in the courtroom. I knew both of the Airmen (both the convicted and the deceased). I feel a great injustice happened -- someone lost his life, and the one responsible will only serve 30 months or less. To me Mike Brown's life was worth more than 30 months. This sentence doesn't convey that. His family -- both civilian and military -- misses him. This crime that resulted in his death changed all of our lives, our daily routines, our children, our parents, and everyone who knew Mike. Buddies who used to meet for Sunday breakfast no longer do so. Jokes told at work are gone. Christmas is not the same for his loved ones. Chili cook-offs are somber. Yes, Senior Airman Anjelika Faul will be behind bars; but in less than 30 months, she will be able to have fun and be with her family. Mike Brown is in the cold, hard ground forever! His fiancé will never get the ring he bought for her. He will never laugh, smile or have fun again. I hope everyone takes a lesson from this tragedy ... before you take even one drink, think! Ask yourself, "How will this impact not only my life, but possibly someone else's as well?" Tina Gaines .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... After reading the "Drunk Driving Conviction" article in the Fall 2013 issue, I am so saddened to know Air Force members (and civilians alike), still don't get it! You drink and drive and sooner or later there's a good chance you could take a life. My prayers go out to the family of Mike Brown ... I'm just sick over his loss. I am also very disappointed to know Senior Airman Anjelika Faul, who pled guilty, only received a 30 - month sentence for drunk driving and for taking the life of Mr. Brown. I think this sends a message to anyone in the Air Force that you can drink, drive and kill and perhaps get off with just 30 months served. Faul knowingly got behind the wheel after consuming "20 servings of liquor with very little to eat." If this happened in the civilian world, no punishment except life in prison would be acceptable for the loss of a life at the fault of an intentional drunk driver. I understand that life in prison does not bring back a loved one any more than 30 months in jail does, but I think this conviction sends a wrong message to Air Force members. Jo Rowe Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas