Posted on 09/08/2006 3:07:09 PM PDT by show me state
Edited on 09/08/2006 3:58:09 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2006 — Air Force Maj. Jill Metzger, who vanished Monday in Kyrgyzstan, has been found and now is back in Air Force control, ABC News has learned.
"We are elated to have Jill back with us," said Air Force spokesman Col. Scott Reese. Local police notified U.S. officials that she had been found at 1:15 a.m. local time in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Air Force officials say she was found alone and appears to have been beaten. Officials say she is "coherent," in "relatively good condition" and is talking to investigators. She is also undergoing medical evaluation.
Officials would not comment on the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and said the investigation is ongoing
The news brought elation to Metzger's family.
"It's a dream come true. The most significant event of our lives," said Kelly Mayo, Metzger's father-in-law. Mayo said he has not spoken to Metzger yet, but believes she had been kidnapped and "whoever had her dropped her off on the side of the road."
Metzger vanished on Monday afternoon in Kyrgyzstan — a poor, predominantly Muslim country in Central Asia. Since shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, Kyrgyzstan has been home to a strategically important U.S. military base that supports operations in Afghanistan. The government is generally pro-American, and in recent years has experienced sporadic clashes with Islamic fundamentalists.
Just 10 days before deploying to Kyrgyzstan in April, Metzger married Air Force Capt. Josh Mayo. They had already bought tickets for a honeymoon in Jamaica later this month, he said.
"We were going to take Jet Skis out, have a couple of romantic dinners. It is very disappointing," said Mayo
Before her disappearance, Metzger was last seen out shopping with five others from the base. The group briefly separated inside a department store in the center of Bishkek, several miles from the base. They had agreed to meet a short time later, but Metzger never showed up.
made it live for ya
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_re_as/kyrgyzstan_missing_major
I don't know about that. Doesn't it concern all of us if a woman in a combat zone is kidnapped? It's the American people who have decided it's OK to put women in this situation. I am not comfortable with intentionally placing women in harms way. If she left of her own will it's a matter for the JAG not the public.
TANKS,,,30mi. Would Explain Her Cut And Bleeding Feet.
Marathon Runner,,,OUR MAJ. Ain't Slow It Would Seem!
I agree, these are very valid questions and the answer could be yes, to either one or both.
Thanks for that.
You nailed it!
How quickly we forget, eh? But then, she was pretty forgettable.
No, Air Force officials say she was found alone and appears to have been beaten.
It would only concern me if she had her issue with her and couldn't take some of them out.
If she left them stinking up the farmhouse thirty miles out of town, then I think that is what we pay her for.
Come to think if it, we also pay her to survive too, so I'm still OK with it.
I think we do need to correct something you seem to misunderstand. She wasn't drafted, so We didn't put her in harms way unless she wanted to be there.
That's what I was thinking. They probably got wind of some of our RSBD's(Really Scary Bad Dudes) coming to look for her.
To be a major at 30, you need to pin on after 8 years. Since someone promoted below the zone is normally last in line to pin on, that means getting picked up for major 3 years after making captain.
That would be rare.
Since she is 33, it means she made major at about the 11 year mark...about normal.
maybe she did something like this to them (thanks 99 floyd for this article):
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/08/nurse.intruder.ap/index.html
Police: Nurse, 51, kills intruder with bare hands
That's great!
Great Post,,,Can't Mess With ALL The Girls,,,,
Good to hear!
NO I didn't misunderstand. Whether someone volunteers or not doesn't change the fact that it is not that person who decides acceptable military procedure. Ultimately it's the body politic who determines that. There are always those who will accept duty they aren't suited for.
sssschheeeshhh If I were a mod I'd erase this thread just to hide the stupidity shown on it.
The story says she was married before being deployed in April...that's more than a couple weeks ago.
Right I corrected that post later.
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