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Originally Posted by August
You have evidence of these crimes and you didn't report it to the JAG? Why?
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Me and numerous other members within the company and platoon gathered any and all evidence and reported it to JAG ASAP once we reached our demob base at Ft. McCoy, WI. They took the information and claimed to have conducted an investigation, but as soon as we got back to MN (we were MN Army National Guard troops that had been Federally activated for service in Iraq) the company was disbanded and any records regarding the deployment were scrapped except for records on medals and awards earned while in combat.
The commander got promoted to a new unit, and the NCO's in question had no paper trail to follow them back to their respective units within the state once we were back to inactive duty. Beyond that I don't know what became of those individuals. I think it was just swept under the rug.
I found out later that our commander and 1SG were so bad that our deployment had to be cut short even though the 2007 surge was going on at the time. While other units were being extended, we were getting a one way ticket home. We were the hot potato company, nobody wanted us around due to our poor leadership.
That's pretty much the long and short of it. I served as an E4(SPC) Infantryman with B. Co. 1-194, 34th ID (Red Bulls) MNARNG from 2004-2008. I was supposed to be in until 2010, but I took an administrative leave due to complications with my fiance and personal life at the time, and the legal issues surrounding the deployment. The crappy part was they offered the admin discharge, but then used that to void my educational benefits later when I applied for school in 2010.
I've been so disgruntled with the government and Army both for their dastard acts that I've even hated going to the VA for my regular physicals. It just seems as if they've only got one thing they focus on, and that's lining their own pockets and protecting their reputation.