Posted on 04/03/2003 7:05:43 AM PST by Cagey
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - A National Guard battalion commander is being relieved of his command for running naked outside the barracks at Fort Bragg.
Lt. Col. J.D. Webster was one of several soldiers seen streaking on Feb. 18, the military said.
Maj. Gen. Zannie O. Smith, acting commander of the 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, has told Webster he intends to take away his job as commander of the 1st Battalion of the 130th Aviation Regiment, an Apache attack helicopter unit.
Final action will be taken after the officers have been offered a chance to give a rebuttal.
Smith also issued written reprimands to Webster and another officer, said Maj. Gary Tallman, a Fort Bragg spokesman.
An acting commander has been appointed for the battalion, Tallman said.
Webster declined to comment through a spokesman.
Military officials wouldn't release any details on Webster. His National Guard unit battalion is based at Morrisville, at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, and is now training at Fort Hood, Texas.
For crying out loud, his name is Zannie...What did they expect?
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There may be more to this than we know, but I'd agrees that this may just be a good "stress reliever". C'mon, if an aviator can run around naked, what can he do.
Major General Zannie O. Smith his military career began in 1962 as an enlisted soldier in the 82d Airborne Division where he participated in Operation Power Pack in the Dominican Republic. General Smith was commissioned through Officer Candidate School as an Infantry second lieutenant and is a graduate of the University of Tampa. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Business Management from Webster University.
His military education includes the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.
His career path includes a variety of command and staff positions. He served as a platoon leader and executive officer, 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry, and Commander, Company A, 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), Republic of Vietnam. In Fort Sherman, Panama, he was a senior instructor and committee chief at the Jungle Operations Training Center. General Smith then served with the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a company commander and battalion S-3 in the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 505th Infantry, and was later assigned as the assistant G-3 operations officer. He also served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as the operations officer for the Combined Army Tactical Training Simulations Division.
He was assigned as an operations officer in the Combined Field Army, Republic of Korea, then became battalion S-3, battalion executive officer, and brigade executive officer in the 7th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Ord, California. His next tour was at the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans at the Pentagon. General Smith took command of the 2d Battalion, 22d Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York, in January 1986, then became the Division G-3.
He served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as the Deputy G-3, XVIII Airborne Corps, and from November 1991 until October 1993 commanded the 82d Airborne Division's 2d Brigade. General Smith's subsequent assignments were Chief of Staff, Joint Task Force, Somalia; Chief of Staff, 101st Airborne Division; and G-3, XVIII Airborne Corps. From 1 May 1995 to 1 December 1995, he served as the Chief of Staff, United States Army Reserve Command, Atlanta, Georgia. He became the Assistant Division Commander for Operations of the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum on 9 May 1997. General Smith was the 1st Corps and Fort Lewis Chief of Staff from 17 July 1998 until 20 August 1999. He was then assigned to Turkey where he served as the Deputy Commander, Joint Sub Regional Command Southeast/Commanding General, United States Army NATO until August 2001. He is currently serving as the Deputy Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg.
His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Meritorious Service Award, the Legion of Merit with five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, four awards of the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He is a Master Parachutist and has been awarded the Ranger Tab, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.
There's probably some PC "sexual harassment" issues that he's not allowed to ignore.
ROFLOL
He probably thinks he is at the Air force Academy.
SO9
I don't think so. Patton was a stickler for having his troops dress in the full, correct uniform. This is about as far from the full, correct uniform as one can get.
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