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Home Front: WoT
Soldier Arrested for Firing Upon Ky. Unit
2005-10-13
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Soldiers doing physical training at this base were fired upon Thursday morning, and a fellow soldier was arrested a short time later. No one was hurt in the shooting and no charges had been filed as of midday, but the soldier arrested by military police had been found with a handgun that was not military-issue, Fort Campbell spokeswoman Cathy Gramling said. Five shots were fired at the soldiers as they exercised near the 1st and 2nd Brigade headquarters, Gramling said. It was not immediately known whether the arrested soldier belonged to the unit that had been shot at.
Could be anything from a guy pissed at being passed over, someone sleeping around with someone's wife, etc.
The soldier's name was not immediately released. Fort Campbell officials declined further comment.
Now, if he turns out to be a member of the ROP...
Fort Campbell, a sprawling military base on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line, is home to the 101st Airborne Division as well as Special Forces. More than 20,000 troops from Fort Campbell are in the process of deploying to Iraq.
Maybe he really doesn't want to go
Posted by:Steve

#2  Back in 1995 Fort Bragg sniper (Sgt. William Kreutzer) kills one and injures 18 soldiers as they prepare for a four-mile run.

I don't think that was an issue about deployment. When you have several hundred thousand people in an organization, you're going to have a few bad apples.
Posted by: Snomock Elmotch9995   2005-10-13 17:13  

#1  â€œMaybe he did not want to go?” If he didn't want to go I wonder why he volunteered for the Army and then volunteered for airborne duty? He may be a ROP convert or someone boinked his wife. But why do this on base? The capture rate for perps on a military installation is real close to 100%. It’s like a gated community with armed guards. Once a round was fired they would have locked the place down. Never been to Campbell, maybe it’s a open base?
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-10-13 17:00  

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