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Military shooting – Major Hassan – green on green

November 5, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

As tallied by NBC News and the Associated Press (and me), they include:

Sept 13, 2009: SPC Beyshee Velez shoots civilian contractor at COB Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq. In pretrial confinement at Ford Island Naval Brig, Pearl Harbor, pending an Article 32, UCMJ, hearing.
July, 20, 2009: Fort Hood officials have a soldier behind bars after another soldier was shot and killed at a party on the Central Texas Army post. 30-year-old Spc. Ryan Richard Schlack of Oshkosh, Wis., died at a Fort Hood hospital July 18. The Killeen Daily Herald reported he was hit by a bullet another soldier fired into a crowd on the lawn. A Fort Hood soldier, Spc. Armano Baca was charged with the murder.
May 11, 2009: Five soldiers shot dead at Camp Liberty in Baghdad by Sgt. John Russell. Pending court-martial. Currently confined at Butner Federal Medical Center, for a mental competence determination.
Sept. 8, 2008: Spc. Jody Michael Wirawan shoots himself to death after killing 1st Lt. Robert Bartlett Fletcher at Fort Hood.
Feb. 25, 2008: Dustin Thorson, an Air Force technical sergeant, fatally shoots his son and daughter at home on Tinker Air Base in Oklahoma in domestic dispute with ex-wife. He had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from Iraq.
June 7 2005: Two National Guard officers are killed by a grenade at headquarters in Tikrit. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez is later acquitted of murder in a court-martial.
March 23, 2003: Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar tosses grenades into three tents and then fires a rifle at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait, killing one and injuring 14. Akbar later receives death sentence.
Oct. 27, 1995: Sgt. William Kreutzer goes on shooting spree at Fort Bragg, killing one and injuring 18 in a sniper attack during formation. He is serving a life sentence after a death sentence was overturned.

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/ Department of Defense/ Reuters
MAJ (Dr.) Hasan is was born in VA.
(CNN)
The son of immigrant parents from a small town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents’ wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college and then medical school, where he trained to be a psychiatrist. (NYT)
Who is Nidal Malik Hasan? StarTribune.

Fort Hood shootings.

November 5, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

Stars & Stripes on FORT HOOD, Texas —

A soldier believed to be a trauma psychiatrist opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in what appears to be the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base.

A law enforcement official identified the gunman as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, listed by the Army as part of the services medical corps and was stationed at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood. Hasan earlier completed a fellowship in Disaster and Preventive Psychiatry with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Alert: 12 dead, 31 wounded at Fort Hood

November 5, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

AP reports:

A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in what appears to be the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base.

Navy bottom-blow 2009 results

November 4, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

There have been a number of bottom-blows in the Navy, going back to at least 1981, which is the first I remember. Basically the Navy decides that they want to get rid of the bottom x% of poor performing Sailors.

Stars & Stripes reports:

More than 150 senior enlisted sailors are being separated after the Navy wrapped up its first continuation board last month, according to the Navy.

Army deserter and defector talks

November 3, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

The Local (TL), Germany’s News in English reports:

As thousands of people celebrated the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, Victor Grossman feared he might be arrested.

Brett Neely meets the American defector who fled to communist East Germany after deserting from the US Army.

Military model gives up crown

November 3, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

Military.com reports:

Airman 1st Class Apryl Sanders, a weapons manager for the 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., was named Miss Military last month by a nonprofit organization in California.

Wednesday, she e-mailed the contest organizer to refuse the crown.

Unfit to Serve?

October 31, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

According to an alarming new report, 75 percent of young people ages 17 to 24 are unable to enlist in the military because they fail to graduate high school, have a criminal record, or are physically unfit. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and some of America’s top retired military brass will hold a news conference at the National Press Club Thursday to call for immediate action to address this national security threat.

See more at Military Reporters & Editors or MissionReadiness.org.

Unfit to Serve

October 31, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

The Military Reporters & Editors website is pointing to a release by Missionreadiness.org, which says:

According to an alarming new report, 75 percent of young people ages 17 to 24 are unable to enlist in the military because they fail to graduate high school, have a criminal record, or are physically unfit. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and some of America’s top retired military brass will hold a news conference at the National Press Club Thursday to call for immediate action to address this national security threat.

AF Pubs up.

October 27, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

A new Air Force Law Review is online, as well as a new The Reporter.

MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT, by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dukes, Jr., USAFR & Lieutenant Colonel Albert C. Rees, Jr., USAFR.

AN OPEN LETTER TO DEFENSE COUNSEL: Protecting Yourself Against IAC Claims, by Captain Ryan N. Hoback.

Bahrain dog-handler travails.

October 23, 2009 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

Stars & Stripes reports that:

After avoiding any punishment for more than two years, Chief Petty Officer Michael Toussaint, who led the division from 2004 to 2006, was recently removed from his leadership post within Naval Special Warfare Group 2 and will be forced into retirement in January. In addition, Navy officials will decide whether Toussaint should be stripped of his rank and retirement pay, Navy spokeswoman Cmdr. Elissa Smith said.

Naval investigators have confirmed 93 instances of hazing and sex crimes inside the Bahrain-based canine unit during Toussaint’s tenure as commander, including numerous instances of Toussaint abusing and ridiculing sailors.