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2005-06-17 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It'll be interesting to hear if Martinez has undergone a religious conversion lately.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-06-17 07:40|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-06-17 07:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Fred,

The National Guard is a mixed bag, so a SSG may or may not be of the same skill and calibre as an active duty SSG. Much more organizational politics in promotion/slotting in state units. May have something to do with back home [NY] rather than Iraq.

Posted by Snetle Tholurong5083 2005-06-17 08:49|| 2005-06-17 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Fragging the Company Commander and Ops Officer sounds like he thought they "had it in for him". Maybe got a bad write-up, passed over, wouldn't let him go home early to handle a personal problem, etc.
And a E-6 Staff Sergeant is not a "Senior NCO", more a mid-level. E-7 is where senior grade starts.

Posted by Steve ">Steve 2005-06-17 09:53|| 2005-06-17 09:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Danny Deever.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-06-17 09:59|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-06-17 09:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, here we go:
TROY, N.Y. -- The family of a U.S. Army staff sergeant charged with murdering his two commanders in Iraq was touched by a string of recent tragedies, a neighbor said Thursday.
Alberto B. Martinez, 37, lost his home to a fire in December 2002 and moved back to his childhood residence with his father in this industrial city along the Hudson River just north of Albany, long-time neighbor Barbara Prevost said. His mother also had died in recent years, Prevost said. In a January interview with WRGB-TV in Albany, Martinez's wife described her struggle with her insurance company over the fire at their home in nearby Cohoes.
"I really want my husband to be able to concentrate on what he needs to do in Iraq, and that's unfair to him," Tamara Martinez told the station. The couple has two children.

The "wouldn't let him go home to handle personnel problems" reason is looking better.

Posted by Steve ">Steve 2005-06-17 11:31|| 2005-06-17 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 what about the muslim who threw the grenade in the tent

Posted by Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-06-17 16:10|| 2005-06-17 16:10|| Front Page Top

#7 My comment is the one in salmon, so it was me questioning a 'senior NCO', not Fred. Thanks for the correction.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-06-17 17:36|| 2005-06-17 17:36|| Front Page Top

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