From: Christof Ambrosch (mudisgood@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 15 2004 - 11:11:21 PST
thats bull...im sorry. but we are taught that in a combat situation, do
whatever it takes to get your job done. these men did the right thing.
“I am an American soldier. I am a member of the United States Army - a
protector of the greatest nation on earth. Because I am proud of the uniform
I wear, I will always act in ways creditable to the military service and the
nation it is sworn to guard...As a soldier, I realize that I am a member of
a time-honored profession...No matter the situation I am in, I will never do
anything, for pleasure, profit, or personal safety, which will disgrace my
uniform, my unit, or my country...I am proud of my country and its flag. I
will try to make the people of this nation proud of the service I represent,
for I am an American soldier.”
-PVT Christof E. Ambrosch
-Charlie Company 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor
-Cell number: (570) 650-6061
From: "Mil-Veh Co." <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Subject: [MV] Military Justice?
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:43:28 -0800 (PST)
COLUMBUS, Ohio - At a time when some U.S. troops in
Iraq are complaining they have to scrounge for
equipment, 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.
The soldiers say they needed the vehicles, and parts
stripped from one, to deliver fuel to Iraq. Members of
the 656th Transportation Company based in Springfield,
west of Columbus, said they needed the equipment to
deliver fuel that was needed by U.S. forces in Iraq
for everything from helicopters to tanks.
The reservists took two tractor-trailers and stripped
parts from a five-ton truck that had been abandoned in
Kuwait by other units that had already moved into
Iraq, one of the reservists, Darrell Birt of Columbus,
told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Birt, a former chief warrant officer, and the others
were charged with theft, destruction of Army property
and conspiracy to cover up their crimes. Birt said he
and two others pleaded guilty and the other three were
convicted. All received six-month sentences.
"Nobody ever reported these trucks stolen. The deal
was, when you are moving, if it was going to take more
than 30 minutes to fix it, you left it," said Birt,
who was released in November. A lot of people felt
Birt deserved a medal, not a prison sentence.
In contrast to lowering the boom on these poor guys
who were only trying to do their job, the military
said it would not court-martial any of 23 other Army
reservists who refused a "direct order" in a combat
zone to transport much needed fuel to resupply
fighting elements.
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