Airman found guilty in Rhein-Main attempted-rape case

[saigon68]

Airman found guilty in Rhein-Main attempted-rape case

By Ron Jensen, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Thursday, October 21, 2004

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=25028


RAF MILDENHALL, England — The woman was sleeping in a dormitory on a U.S. air base in Germany, surrounded by Air Force police, troops with whom she had just spent 120 days in Iraq. It was September 2003 and the Air Force members were on their way back to their bases in England following a successful deployment.

“This woman should have been in the safest place in the world,” said Capt. Matt Blue, who secured the conviction of an Air Force security force member who climbed into bed with the woman in an attempt to rape her.

After a recent three-day court-martial, Airman 1st Class Nathan Wilson, 21, of the 100th Security Forces Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, was found guilty of attempted rape for his actions on Sept. 4, 2003, at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. The judge sentenced Wilson to one year of confinement, a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeiture of pay, reduction in rank to airman basic and a reprimand.


Blue noted that the woman and her attacker had just shared a successful and safe deployment to a hostile part of the world. She had reason to believe that any danger was behind her and she was surrounded by comrades in arms, who were there to protect her. “That’s one of the things that is most troubling about this,” he said.

On Edit Just a few bad apples

SUPPORT THE TROOPS.

[RivetJoint]

1. And a Cop to boot

Wouldn't ya know it?

[saigon68]

2. Actually a security policeman.(SP)

cops as we know them are the OSI.

[Cleopatra2a]

3. No, still cops

The AF used to have security police and law enforcement. SPs were the "gaurds" and LEs were the desk sergeants and vehicle patrol officers. Now they are all called SPs. Consider the OSI, detectives/FBI.

[Aidoneus]

4. I support Capt. Mike Blue

the other guy is a dirty fucker, and there are many more like him. Rape by the forces is a more famous issue around the occupation bases in Japan & Korea, though it is also a case elsewhere.

[NaturalHigh]

5. I'm an Air Force veteran

and this disgusts me. When I was in (got out in '96) there wasn't a lot of discussion that I can remember about sexual assault. I wonder if it was actually as prevalent then and just not talked about.