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To: RabidBartender
Here's a little background on the cadet and his family:

High School: Two-time all-district selection at Klein Forest High in Houston, Texas ... played for head coach Ken Hammock ... two-time letterwinner ... split time between safety and cornerback positions ... served as team captain as a senior ... helped squad to district championship that season ... standout soccer player as well ... four-time letterwinner in that sport ... established single season school school record for goals with 19 during final campaign ... all-district choice ... played club/select soccer for Houston Texans Red team ... member of squad for eight years ... team placed third nationally in 2004 ... served as Student Ambassador throughout high school tenure ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born Sept. 3, 1987 ... given name is Richard Charles King ... parents' names are Charles and Marie King ... paternal grandfather, J.T. King, served as collegiate football coach for 45 years ... filled assistant's position at Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane and Texas Tech, among others ... coached in 13 postseason bowl games and was longtime bellwether in Southwest Conference ... family sports long history of military service ... maternal grandfather, Walter Ambrose, served in U.S. Army during World War II ... lists Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart among military honors ... part of contingent that landed on Omaha Beach during Normandy invasion ... fought in Battle of Bulge ... uncle, Walter Ambrose, graduated from West Point in 1970 ... uncle, John King, served as U.S. Air Force pilot during Vietnam ... mother, Marie, served as Flight Nurse in U.S. Air Force ... cousin, John Heaps, graduated from U.S. Air Force Academy in 1989 ... cousin, Benjamin Ambrose, graduated from West Point in 1998 and remains in U.S. Army ... Richard enjoys fishing and going to movies during spare time ... majoring in Management.

90 posted on 06/03/2011 12:03:02 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead
The article said that King was 23. Did he have prior enlisted service or did he attend a prep-school (junior college) prior to going to West Point?

The reason I ask is that he is listed in the article as being on active-duty while being ordered to attend some sort of counseling. If King were prior-enlisted, that makes sense for a "suspended" cadet. It would also make sense if King had already been expelled from West Point, since expulsion after the start of one's Junior year incurs an active duty obligation as an enlisted man.

Maybe the reporter just got his age wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.

91 posted on 06/03/2011 12:26:01 PM PDT by Tallguy (Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)
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To: dead

Hm. Sure does sound to ME like a guy who is going to pick a fight with a bunch of people he doesn’t know.

And the guys surrounding Patti Labelle (again, knowing what I know of her up to this point) sure don’t sound like gang-bangers who were collecting a paycheck instead of the other ways they normally get income.

/S


96 posted on 06/03/2011 3:33:52 PM PDT by rlmorel (Capitalism is the Goose that lays The Golden Egg.)
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