Soldiers JAILED for Trying to Complete Mission

[AnIndependentTexan]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/12/123716/46

Six reservists, including two veteran officers who had received Bronze Stars, were court-martialed for what soldiers have been doing as long as there have been wars--scrounging to get what their outfit needed to do its job in Iraq.
Darrell Birt, one of those court-martialed for theft, destruction of Army property and conspiracy to cover up the crimes, had been decorated for his "initiative and courage" for leading his unit's delivery of fuel over the perilous roads of Iraq in the war's first months.

Now, Birt, 45, who was a chief warrant officer with 656th Transportation Company, based in Springfield, Ohio, and his commanding officer find themselves felons, dishonorably discharged and stripped of all military benefits.

[Mojambo]

1. Fucking sickening

We'll certinaly be hearing this story on Faux News... NOT.

[Alex146]

2. Support Our Troops...

what a joke this military is.

[charlie]

3. What's missing from the article

Is the name of the officer(s) whose fidelity to regulations over lives brought this shit on these guys. Some reporter needs to find Colonel Pinchbritches and get his name and picture onto the evening news. Make him justify this idiocy in front of the whole country.