Posted on 06/23/2002 4:48:15 PM PDT by Walt Griffith
A U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Germany is being punished, instead of the senior enlisted man he caught having an affair with his wife, even though such adulterous behavior is illegal. Worse, according to sources in Germany, senior Details of the affair involving Sgt. Ken Eiland, his The affair between Pollard and Mrs. Eiland began While in Bosnia, Sgt. Eiland learned of the affair Upon arrival, Sgt. Eiland was intercepted by Capt. When finally allowed to confront his wife, Sgt. At Pollard's house, Sgt. Eiland told Pollard's wife to Suddenly, Pollard who is six-foot-four and "built At that point still without an apology and upset Weeks later, after making some noise, V Corps Even so, Eiland later reported, nothing came of the Still determined, though, Sgt. Eiland tried one last Shaw assured Sgt. Eiland that the incident would Meanwhile, sources told WND that Pollard has yet Nevertheless, sources in Germany tell At the same time, Sgt. Eiland has been "punished" Sources said soldiers familiar with the incident and One source, speaking on condition of anonymity, The source said he e-mailed Gonzales the The newssite attempted to contact Gonzales, but he However, several soldiers stationed in Heidelberg "This is ridiculous," said one specialist. "Pollard is a "What a dirty rotten thing to do to another A major called the incident a "joke" and an "Same old story," said another specialist. "Make |
Please,,, infidelity happens every day of the week. You are crazy if you think this is something Bush needs to get involved in. Get a life.
Seriously, do you think the president is some kind of marriage councilor? He has nothing better to do than this? sheesh...this is a non story, I am sorry for the guy but *hit happens.
I do recall that he wore a Ranger tab that he never earned. He has since removed it, whining and carrying on that he should have had it because the recon unit he was in, which he (and no one else?) called the "Raiders," was almost like a Ranger unit. This idea flies with his sycophants, but it's a non-starter with real Rangers.
His "Soldiers For The Truth" is a mess. Over the years a number of his "associates" there have been found to have overstated their military achievements. Some of those guys propose stuff that makes me wonder if they ever made it past Tenderfoot. I remember one of them suggesting that the Army should lose the Apache helicopter (recently a thumping success in hard combat in Afghanistan, bringing all the copters and all the crews home after taking literally hundreds of hits) and buy a model of ultralight kit helicopter that is advertised in magazines but has never been seen flying!
As far as the adultery case is, I haven't read Hackworth's column yet, but as restated here, it sounds like the sort of endemic petty corruption that abounds in support and service support units. Whhat kind of girly-man is this that his reaction is to whine and demand apologies, and, and, and, if you don't say you're wery sowwy I'ss take my widdle stowy to the CO and tell on you. Jeeez. Frankly if I deploy and my buddy bangs my wife, the logical conclusion is that I was grossly mistaken in my choices of buddy and wife.
If the chain of command has time to be the marriage cops, then the unit isn't doing anything worthwhile and all these schmoes should be put on the street (where Jody will wind up with both of the worthless wives and both of the husbands will be bitter and alone).
Isn't Jon Dougherty usually the guy who does the legalize-my-dope articles? I wonder how much time he has under a rucksack. I'm betting it's a nice round number.
So I bagged on the guy that broke the story (Modest Dave Hackworth) and the guy that wrote it (Dougherty). But overall I think the story is a tale of a whiny sergeant who wants to use the Army as a stick to beat the guy who slept with his wife, maybe so that he doesn't have to face the fact that his wife betrayed him. Well this happens all the time in the Army and outside of it. It's really a mess in some of the co-ed units where both sides of the cheating relationship are often in the same unit.
Without knowing more (I'll go and read Hackworth's column now, though) I wonder if I can guess the reason the guy who diddled the subordinate's wife got away with it (a summarized Article 15, which is what happened to him, is getting away with it) and the guy that was betrayed by the other guy and his wife appears to be getting in trouble. My guess? The cheating sergeant is a good soldier, and the victimized sergeant a bad one. Although from the sound of this unit those terms are relative -- all concerned come off as losers.
d.o.l.
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This is very true in most of the cases. You also have to look at the Source of the Story and why this became a story in the first place. There are a lot worse cases of abuse than this. I am sure the CG will handle this. But after reading just this article I think there is a lot missing or is not being reported. My question is why is this a story? Is someone asking for it to be?
If any of the turns out to be true, its to the Boards they go.
Incidently, what is the purpose of the military code?
Soldiers for the Truth is something Hack does not really care about any longer, except to be used to promote himself.
What ever respect I had for Hack I lost long ago. The final kicker with me was when Hack reveled after Admirals Boorda suicide reportly over some dang fool medal. The question thats needs to be answered by Hack is, how many citations he was awarded did he write himself?
Hack chose to run to another Country instead of facing the music here. Maybe he should move back and stay in Australia.
Good for you.
"This case has nothing to do with morality, or the lack thereof. "
I didn't say it did.
You didn't answer my question. I think the President has better things to do then enforce every breach of the "Uniform Code of Military Justice". I could be wrong, perhaps he is bored, and just sitting around waiting for an opportunity like this? This is what you think correct?
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