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2010-12-28 -Lurid Crime Tales-

US Navy LTC Leaps to Death after Philippine Drug Bust

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 An O-4 caught with drugs? He didn't have much to look forward to .....

Posted by Lone Ranger 2010-12-28 00:50|| 2010-12-28 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Has the Navy or his command stopped conducting unannounced urinalysis testing?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-12-28 04:30|| 2010-12-28 04:30|| Front Page Top

#3 This story has a bad smell to it. Not believable.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-12-28 06:05|| 2010-12-28 06:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Flips can be very unpredictable in good and bad ways, and I am not surprised at about anything any of them do.

I just shake my head at the missed opportunity for the Philippines with the closures of Subic Bay Naval Base, to set up a world class deep water shipyard in its place, that would have made them a huge maritime transshipment point.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-28 09:33|| 2010-12-28 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 just heard an update on the radio. It was NOT cocaine. Story stinks to high hell

Posted by Frank G 2010-12-28 09:41|| 2010-12-28 09:41|| Front Page Top

#6 [pedantic]
LTC is Lt. Colonel. Lt. Commander is LCDR.
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Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2010-12-28 09:58|| 2010-12-28 09:58|| Front Page Top

#7 This does not sound right. I think there is another angle to the story. Besoeker I am pretty sure that they are still doing wiz-quiz's in all branches of the service and I would be surprised if a LCDR was using.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-12-28 11:07|| 2010-12-28 11:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Thanks AA5839. My hackles went up a soon as I saw the headline.

Besides, an Army/Air Force/Marine LTC is an O-5, not an O-4.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-12-28 12:04|| 2010-12-28 12:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Are we thinking cover-up? I am. FIlipino police just so happen to lose him over a 10ft drop where he falls and lands head-first? Sounds more like he was thrown off.

Posted by Charles 2010-12-28 12:28|| 2010-12-28 12:28|| Front Page Top

#10 1. The Navy still does unannounced urinalysis testing.

2. The Navy and the Marines still conduct unannounced safety-and-health inspections of berthing and work areas.

3. Last I checked, however, the Navy doesn't conduct unannounced urinalysis or safety-and-health inspections of its personnel on leave, especially while said personnel are in a foreign country.

Posted by Pappy 2010-12-28 12:56|| 2010-12-28 12:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Apologies to all who caught my LTC gaffe. I confess that the arcane ways of the Squid rank structure have long baffled me. I am generally distrustful of pools of water adequate to taking a bath, much less those large enough to float in.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-28 13:23|| 2010-12-28 13:23|| Front Page Top

#12 'Moose, as I told my son when he was in the Marines and making fun of squids: It's a long freaking swim to wherever you are going, especially if you are in full battle gear.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-12-28 13:43|| 2010-12-28 13:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Wehell, his USN career was essentially over, be it by the PHIL LEGAL-PRISON SYSTEM OR BY THE USDOD.

AFAIK, since the early 1980's the Phil Govt has taken a HARDER LINE on Drug Smuggling, etc. thru their Air-Sea Ports, espec from Filipinos. This LTC would prob had faced several years in a Phil Prison inclusive or exclusive of USDOD prosecution + dishonorable discharge for the smuggling.

AND, iff he did end up in local Phil Prison, he likley also faced being PDeniably killed in same by his Local, Regional Underworld = Mafia connections.

IOW, THE LTC CHOSE TO COMMIT SELF-SUICIDE NOW THAN BE KILLED LATER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-12-28 19:44|| 2010-12-28 19:44|| Front Page Top

#14 You nailed it Joseph, IF the report can be believed.

Posted by Flapper Scourge of the Algonquins 2010-12-28 20:09|| 2010-12-28 20:09|| Front Page Top

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