Posted on 04/07/2014 1:53:44 PM PDT by servo1969
Edited on 04/07/2014 1:54:53 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The spree began in one building of the sprawling complex, where Lopez, who was 34, first pulled his .45-caliber Caliber Smith & Wesson handgun and killed one, injuring 10.
"The deceased and one of wounded had been involved in the verbal altercation with subject," Grey said.
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A "Specialist E-4" is NOT a non-commissioned officer. A Corporal E-4 is a non-commissioned grade.
It is possible Lopez was never higher than a corporal, but to receive a non-com professional development ribbon says that he probably was E-5 or higher at some point. If I had to guess, I'd guess that he was an E-5 who lost one rank when he came on active duty -- an administrative reality in just about all transfers from NG to AD.
Then on active duty, he has not been able in 5 years to regain his E-5. Still, that says to me that something was wrong.
Odd are he attended the course while in the national guard.
No. The new BCT TO&E were FUBAR. I unf**ked it. I turned my crappy 98D, 98E, 92U & 33W into 19d and 11b and did my own recruiting at flight schools and even got an old CW3 to re-up and go to 150U school. Got an ARCOM and AAM medal for that! Long summer I tell ya!
If he had a PDR, all that means is is he went to BNOC, maybe ANOC, or whatever they call it now. Cadets used to be able to get it for CTLT.
PLDC and not BNOC or ANOC, iirc.
Maybe not so weird that he attended the course while in the NG being he was in for 11 years and your suggestion he may have lost one rank when going on active duty seems plausible to me.
I know a person who went from Army NG to Air NG and had to go from E-6 to E-5.
he possibly could have been promoted and then busted...
I'd bet on it.
That was most likely the spark that lit his fuse. It's just too bad someone didn't plug that sob before he went postal.
I'll second that!
It's a shame that at the very least officers and NCOs aren't armed on all our bases, but I'd bet that will never be approved.
It wouldn't eliminate incidents from terrorists or flipped out personnel but it would sure go a long way it preventing mass casualties.
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