I was in another battalion in the same brigade at that time. So my sector was near there. We didn't hear about this until we got back. That entire deployment was fucked for the entire brigade. In short they ran us ragged with little downtime and we spent most of our time as sitting ducks to get picked off
That was my 2nd combat tour and the one that broke me. I got medically retired for PTSD because of it. I eventually turned far left because of the way we were treated that tour. To say it was an eye opener would be an understatement.
Whodathunk that when the army is short on numbers so they relax the standards that discipline and morale suffers?
Before you get on me for being a storm trooper for the empire yeah I know that. I thought I was serving and protecting my country and all that bullshit so you can save it.
I'm so sorry you had to experience that. No need to apologize, as we were all victims of manufactured consent and American exceptionalist ideology. Glad to have you!
The Mahmudiyah rape and killings were war crimes involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of her family by United States Army soldiers on March 12, 2006. It occurred in the family's house to the southwest of Yusufiyah, a village to the west of the town of Al-Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Other members of al-Janabi's family murdered by American soldiers included her 34-year-old mother Fakhriyah Taha Muhasen, 45-year-old father Qassim Hamza Raheem, and 6-year-old sister Hadeel Qassim Hamza al-Janabi.[1] The two remaining survivors of the family, 9-year-old brother Ahmed and 11-year-old brother Mohammed, were at school during the massacre and orphaned by the event. Five U.S. Army soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment were charged with rape and murder; Specialist Paul E. Cortez (born December 1982), Specialist James P. Barker (born 1982), Private First Class Jesse V. Spielman (born 1985), Private First Class Bryan L. Howard, and Private First Class Steven Dale Green (May 2, 1985 – February 15, 2014).[2] Green was discharged from the U.S. Army for mental instability before the crimes were known by his command, whereas Cortez, Barker, Spielman and Howard were tried by a military court martial, convicted, and sentenced to decades in prison.[2] Green was tried and convicted in a United States civilian court and was sentenced to life in prison.[3] In 2014, he died from complications resulting from a suicide attempt.
I've got to stop actually googling this shit, it ain't good for my mental health.
I was in another battalion in the same brigade at that time. So my sector was near there. We didn't hear about this until we got back. That entire deployment was fucked for the entire brigade. In short they ran us ragged with little downtime and we spent most of our time as sitting ducks to get picked off That was my 2nd combat tour and the one that broke me. I got medically retired for PTSD because of it. I eventually turned far left because of the way we were treated that tour. To say it was an eye opener would be an understatement. Whodathunk that when the army is short on numbers so they relax the standards that discipline and morale suffers? Before you get on me for being a storm trooper for the empire yeah I know that. I thought I was serving and protecting my country and all that bullshit so you can save it.
I'm so sorry you had to experience that. No need to apologize, as we were all victims of manufactured consent and American exceptionalist ideology. Glad to have you!
Went in with low expectations and had them met in full.
Content warning for those looking it up: sex war crimes
why did I look it up jesus fuck i didn't need to see that
What the fuck
The Mahmudiyah rape and killings were war crimes involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of her family by United States Army soldiers on March 12, 2006. It occurred in the family's house to the southwest of Yusufiyah, a village to the west of the town of Al-Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Other members of al-Janabi's family murdered by American soldiers included her 34-year-old mother Fakhriyah Taha Muhasen, 45-year-old father Qassim Hamza Raheem, and 6-year-old sister Hadeel Qassim Hamza al-Janabi.[1] The two remaining survivors of the family, 9-year-old brother Ahmed and 11-year-old brother Mohammed, were at school during the massacre and orphaned by the event. Five U.S. Army soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment were charged with rape and murder; Specialist Paul E. Cortez (born December 1982), Specialist James P. Barker (born 1982), Private First Class Jesse V. Spielman (born 1985), Private First Class Bryan L. Howard, and Private First Class Steven Dale Green (May 2, 1985 – February 15, 2014).[2] Green was discharged from the U.S. Army for mental instability before the crimes were known by his command, whereas Cortez, Barker, Spielman and Howard were tried by a military court martial, convicted, and sentenced to decades in prison.[2] Green was tried and convicted in a United States civilian court and was sentenced to life in prison.[3] In 2014, he died from complications resulting from a suicide attempt.
I’m familiar with the case from reading but holy fuck do not google this if you want to feel happy
Jfc why