Opinion ID: 544673
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Downward Departure for Military Service

Text: 15 The district court did not dispute--nor do we--that a person's military record might, under some circumstances, warrant a downward departure. See 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(b); see also United States v. Pipich, 688 F.Supp. 191, 192-93 (D.Md.1988) (military record warranted downward departure); cf. United States v. Neil, 903 F.2d 564, 566 (8th Cir.1990) (acknowledging that military service may warrant a downward departure in an unusual case, but downward departure not justified because service was only as a recruiter). Here, however, the district court declined to make such a departure. That determination is unreviewable in this court. United States v. Franz, 886 F.2d 973 (7th Cir.1989).