Missing U.S. Air Force Major Jill Metzger FOUND

abcnews ^ | 982006 | JONATHAN KARL

[keats5]

"Air Force officials say she was found alone and appears to have been beaten."

The media reports seem to differ with each other.

[MindBender26]

Problem is that if she was taken by Muzzies, she was probably raped.

This is allowed, in fact, encouraged under Sharia Law.

Makes a Muzzie "feel like a man."

[Varda]

I haven't posted anything about her having an affair, or mentioned Islamists.

[Varda]

Those weren't my posts.

[madison10]

Unless she's had an aneurysm it appears she's unstable.

You're unstable. Why assume she was AWOL, when she's a major, in a Muslim Country, Female, blond, etc? Kidnapping is the FIRST thing I'd think of. And yes, I answered you before...I'm still ticked.

[Varda]

You answered me before...on some other thread not this one. But given the article that's at the top of the thread now that comment was way off the mark.

[1066AD]

Once you've been a few times, such places can feel safe, and often are, but you never know who the guy is who offers you a deal on whatever you're looking for, smiling and saying "just over here" and so on.

[usmcobra]

I haven't posted anything about her having an affair, or mentioned Islamists.

No you didn't, but you did set a tone to this thread that allowed others to wildly speculate as to why she might have reasons be AWOL and you did suggest that she was AWOL.

She wasn't in a country where she could grab the first available train or plane out of there, therefore to even suggest that she would go AWOL begs the question where could she go.

Why don't you make some more stupid statements and take the abuse you seem to be craving.

That's not a personal attack that's an observation, a reasonable person who had stuck their foot in their mouth the way you have would have bailed long ago.

[Varda]

You need to get a life.

[TankerKC]

After about six years, major is a re-up bonus for most captains.

Captains don't "re-up."

[TankerKC]

They have the youngest officers...

The Army promotes officers quicker than the USAF...

30 is about right for a new USAF Major.

[keats5]

I just finished reading "The Haj," by Leon Uris. In that book, the Islamic father shaved off his daughter's hair to humble her and to insure that she would wear a veil in public. Does anyone know if this is a common Islamic practice?

[keats5]

Thank you. You're a breath of fresh air.

[bruinbirdman]

"Captains don't "re-up." "

A little grunt lingo there.

They do if they have asked to resign their commission and the colonel says, "You'll be a major if you stay in." Though I was a lowly grunt, my dad was capt., combat engineer '41 duration and reserve to '52. He was offered major if he stayed in. Brother in law was air force major, medical corp., he was offered colonel if he did not offer resignation.

yitbos

[TankerKC]

Then again, I'm in the Marines, but I can't imagine that the Air Force promotes that much earlier.

We don't. Folks here are talking smack. It takes 9-10 years to make Major. If you are commissioned at 22...your are talking 31 at the earliest. There may be some fluke where you are 30.

[TankerKC]

...and there is no below-the-zone to Major anymore.

[AprilfromTexas]

probably from my brother.

[SandRat]

All I can say is Praise Be To GOD! Our Prayers have been answered.

FROM Air Force Link

9/8/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Police in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, found Maj. Jill Metzger alive Sept. 8, four days after she disappeared during a shopping trip there.

Bishkek police notified the U.S. embassy in the capital city at 3:15 p.m. EDT that they had found the officer.

In Southwest Asia, U.S. Central Command Air Forces spokesperson Col. Alvina Mitchell said, "We're just extremely elated" when the news came that the major was found.

"You work a lot of issues and it's very gratifying when you get such a good result -- when a fellow servicemember who was missing and has been found," she said.

Major Metzger deployed to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, where she was the chief of personnel for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing. The wing is part of the Air Force Air Expeditionary Task Force. She was just a few days from returning to her home base at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., when she went missing Sept. 5.

Col. Scott Reese, the expeditionary wing commander at Manas, said there was great cooperation between Air Force and local civil and police agencies during the search for the missing major.

"We are elated to have Jill back with us," the colonel said. "I want to praise the Kyrgyzstan government, Bishkek law enforcement officials and the cooperation of the U.S. embassy team for the rapid and thorough investigation resulting in the successful recovery of Major Metzger."

Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces, was visiting Manas at the time of the recovery. He, too, praises the integration between the base and local officials.

"The cooperation with our Air Force military investigative team was outstanding," the general said. "Her recovery is fantastic news for her family and our military community." Colonel Mitchell said a team of medical professionals is interviewing the major to determine her condition. The investigation into the major's disappearance is ongoing.

Major Metzger deployed to Manas from the 347th Mission Support Squadron at Moody where she is a personnel officer. Throughout her mysterious disappearance, the main goal of Air Force officials was to find the major. At U.S. Central Command, Maj. Mike Young said the Air Force would leave "no stone unturned," until they found the major.

The major is also one of the Air Force's top female athletes in marathon running. While stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, she won the 2003 and 2004 women's division of the Air Force Marathon, held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

[higgmeister]

I don't want to be misunderstood. I never mentioned religion. It is a fact that many women in our culture will never have children. Keeping women out of war will not make them have children. Allowing women to go to war will not prevent them from having children.

I was not advocating all women should be drafted. I believe women should be cherished and allowed to remain at home and nurture children as they desire according to their beliefs.

I also believe that if a woman has the desire and inclination to fight she should not be prevented. If a woman proves herself not able to do the job she will be relieved or even prosecuted as required just as a man that can't do his job. It is wrong for women to be treated any differently.

I think we will see a time where we will not survive if we don't utilize all resources we have available, including women, to fight this war.