Clemency for Chief Warrant Officer Darrell Birt, Major Cathy Kaus, and Soldiers of the 656th Transportation Company
Six Ohio-based reservists were court-martialed for taking Army vehicles abandoned in Kuwait by other units so they could carry out their own unit's mission to Iraq.Members of the 656th Transportation... continue reading »
"To Court Martial these people is a discrace."
"u.s. army vet spouse"
"How in hell can anybody justify the way these soldiers are being treated? They did what they had to do to 'successfully complete a mission'. And this is how they get treated? I think somebody in the administration needs to be jailed for allowing this to h"
"Support Our Troops.."
"These charges are ridiculous!.... How can "taking" pieces off of broken down US military vehicles and putting them back on US Military issued vehicles be stealing......especially when the US military ultimately paid for those vehicles? The military was no"
"Have we become so PC."
"Something like this should have never happen!"
"The information in this news story need to be reviewed for morale reasons at least."
"This is a travisty, correct it."
"This can't be the same Army I served in...DS I."
"Release & Restore to Rank these military trying to KEEP AMERICA FREE."
"this is suppose to be a "United" state which includes the military. how the hell are they expected to do their job if they don't have the equipment. what kind of signal does this sent to other units?"
"Mission First!!!"
"this is ludicrous, to court martial them"
"If one knows the history of the American during warfare, it is a time honored tradition and the ingenuity for survival that includes cannabalizing damaged or destroyed equipment. Lets get real and restore Birt, Kaus and Soldiers of the 656th to their plac"
"If we're going to go to war, and supplies are limited, we must win the war by scrounging. Saving each other's lives and resources is not wrong or dishonerable. There is dishoner in convicting these people."
"Chief Warrant Officer, USAR, retired"