Argh.
As a Combat Engineer myself, I hang my head in shame.
John Russell. Hmmm....
Why are there firearms at a stress center?
John Russell doesn’t sound like the name of a convert to the Religion of Peace, so I’ve got to wonder why the long delay in releasing his identity.
This whole thing is just heart breaking.
sad ping
I wonder when we will learn it is actually “John Russell Muhammed.” Kinda like John Allen Muhammed: AKA “The Beltway Sniper.”
55th Medical Company is an Indianapolis-based Army Reserve Unit.
This one is going to hurt for us, I fear.
Just askin’...
I wonder if this has anything to do with women serving in the military?
And Russell felt jolted or insulted and went off the deep end.
OK...flame away! I have my asbestos suit on!
Acts have reasons, and senseless acts point to faulty reason.
The essence of evil lies in the irrational.
“Other U.S. troops have turned their weapons on fellow soldiers during the Iraq war about a half-dozen times, according to Pentagon data.”
January 30, 2006, Goleta, California: former mail processor Jennifer San Marco, 44, kills six employees (five immediately, another died later). A possible seventh victim, a former neighbor, was found dead in her apartment and has yet to be confirmed to be of the same shooting. Marco committed suicide at the sorting facility. [2][3][4]
April 4, 2006, Baker City, Oregon: Grant Gallaher, letter carrier of thirteen years, while on duty in Baker City, Oregon, reportedly went home and got his .357 Magnum revolver and drove to the city post office with the intention of killing his postmaster. Arriving at the parking lot, he reportedly ran over his supervisor several times. Subsequently he went into the post office looking for his postmaster. Not finding the postmaster, he went back out to the parking lot and shot his supervisor several times at close range, ostensibly to make sure she was dead. He reportedly then fired three bullets in the windshield of her car and three more in the hood.(Musacco, 2009)
November 28, 2006, [San Francisco , California]]: Kevin Tartt, age 39, with eighteen years of service, employed at the Napoleon Street Carrier Annex in San Francisco, went to his supervisor’s residence, armed with a revolver and shot her in the back of the head outside of her house. He then reportedly left the scene and fatally shot himself in the head with the same gun the next day. Early in the investigation, homicide investigators were reportedly looking at links between disputes between Julius Tartt and his supervisor, including what one police official referred to as a discipline issue. One of the homicide officials stated that there were indications that Julius Tartt was dissatisfied with work and with the supervisor. During the timeframe of the tragedy, he was absent from work and had called in sick the previous day.
What we’ll probably find is whack job a la Kleibald and Harris.
All full of a hyper inflated sense of self esteem and too stupid to follow simple orders.
This falls under the headline “sh*t happens”, and in a war zone, it happens more often than not.
Pray for the families.
How sad for all.
What the heck is a stress clinic?
I want to see a picture
Excuse me a moment while I RANT ;)
ALL those on this thread who JUMP to conclusions before even READING the damn article could have waited to READ before posting.
Every day I read threads on our wonderful FR with comments so ignorant and agenda driven it makes me sick. I don’t mean one-liner jokes or funny lines...I mean assumptions based on pet points of view- whether based on reality or not- makes no difference.
We- and I include myself- ALL would be better served by learning to think before spouting off in ignorance. Mental discipline and actual thought aren’t nearly as much fun as knee-jerk rections, I’ll grant you that.
Looks like DU around here sometimes. And I don’t mean the point of view- I mean the thought-less comments.
end rant
This is a sad anomaly for the United States Armed Forces and a tragic end for the five troops who were killed by this Soldier.
Obviously the young man is insane ...but I’m interested to know what his story is. Prayers to all families involved.
It’s not easy being a soldier in a combat zone today. Back in the RVN, as bad as that was, at least we had opportunities to relieve stress.
And worst of all anybody that wants to be an officer today ...can be.