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 »
"This is not the time to make an example of someone."
"This is an outrage...the charges should be reversed"
"This is interdepartmental transfer not theft!"
"Clemency, dammit!"
"Please respect our soldiers' attempts to do their jobs and don't insult their sacrifices with this sort of petty judgement."
"They were completely justified in what they did."
"How could you condem someone for saving others?"
"Hoping clemency is granted expeditiously"
"Cpt. US ARMY Retired"
"this type of injustice will hurt army enlistment in the long run"
"For staying safe and showing initiative to be court marshalled is a travesty of justice."
"end career okay but lose pension unfair"
"They should be freed!"
"veteran of vietnam/desert storm"
"This is a typical and rediculous situation. From the detail I've read I'd have ordered those vehicles made operational and used to haul whatever to the front in a heartbeat and screamed clear to the Pentagon if interfered with, if they could have been use"
"Clemency is the only option here."
"Commandeering discarded vehicles to complete a military mission does not exactly equate to the ultimate sacrifice term so often exploited. I thought our most valued military resource is the life and welfare of our troops, which does not seem the case if o"
