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Out of control at Camp Crazy! (Girl soldiers Gone Wild)
New York Daily News ^ | February 5, 2005 | BRIAN KATES

Posted on 02/06/2005 6:45:18 AM PST by presidio9

In front of a cheering male audience, two young women wearing only bras and panties throw themselves into a mud-filled plastic kiddie pool and roll around in a wild wrestling match.

At one point a man in the audience raises a water bottle and douses the entwined pair.

At another, a "referee" moves in to break up the scantily clad grapplers.

A young blond lifts her T-shirt to expose her breasts. A brunette turns her back to the camera and exposes her thong undies.

These scenes, taken from 30 photos leaked to the Daily News, could have been snapped at an out-of-control frat party.

But this happened a world away from any American college.

The photos were taken in Camp Bucca, the military prison at Umm Qasr in the hot sands of southern Iraq near the Kuwaiti border.

The women are not coeds but military policewomen who had left their uniforms in a pile not far off.

The men are soldiers, too. Most of them wore T-shirts emblazoned with Army logos, but at least one was still wearing his uniform.

Some were sergeants, including the referee, and some allegedly were drunk.

The photos were taken last Oct. 30, in the same period when enemy detainees were being transferred to Camp Bucca from Abu Ghraib, the prison made notorious by photos of Americans torturing naked Iraqis.

The Camp Bucca pictures document no such abuses.

But they do show what experts called a disconcerting lapse in discipline at a time when Army brass was touting the camp as a model of reform.

"It was basically a goodbye party for those of us who were leaving and a welcome party for those coming in," the alleged referee, Sgt. Emil Ganim of the 160th Military Police Battalion, told The News. "It was a chance for people to blow off some steam before coming home after spending a year in a combat zone."

But one participant described less-benign behavior.

Two sergeants, she said, told her "they had been lending out their room for soldiers to have sex" - a serious infraction of military regulations.

One female soldier, a prison guard with the 160th Military Police Battalion, was photographed baring her breast and showing off her thong panties.

The picture apparently was taken in the room of one of those sergeants, an investigator reported.

The witness told investigators that two high-ranking noncommissioned officers, a first sergeant and a master sergeant, were present. She "noted that these NCOs had been drinking and were noticeably drunk," the report said.

Ganim said American civilians at the camp also participated in the party, and "if anybody had liquor, it was them."

Ganim has since returned to his civilian job as a deputy sheriff in Leon County, Fla.

"It appears that this event was allegedly coordinated by NCOs [sergeants] of the 160th," according to the initial investigation.

One of the soldiers told investigators the mud-wrestling match was underway when she arrived.

"She took off her uniform and joined the other female soldiers that were wrestling," the report says. But "once soldiers started asking for the females to expose themselves [she and two of the other wrestlers] put their uniforms back on and left the area."

But at least one woman was not deterred.

Deanna Allen, a 19-year-old prison guard with the 105th MP Battalion, smiled and lifted her T-shirt. Photos show a man standing close to her and leering at her breasts while another G.I. snaps pictures.

"From what I understand they dared her to do it," said Allen's grandmother, Luci Tomlin, in Black Mountain, N.C. "It was a loose moment. She is a strong-headed young lady. Sometimes she can be a little irrational."

Allen, who is still stationed in Iraq, did not respond to E-mailed questions from The News. She was demoted in rank to private first class.

"A sex party with alcohol that is prohibited would suggest a serious breakdown of military discipline," said Washington-based lawyer Eugene Fidell, a military-justice expert. "Just how it would be handled would be determined by the commander, who has very broad discretion in situations like this.

Fidell said punishments could range from "a good chewing out to loss of rank" for enlisted personnel and "a letter or career-killing transfer" for officers who allowed it to happen.


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To: American_Centurion
Sorry.

521 posted on 02/07/2005 5:42:00 AM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: SilentServiceCPO
Nothing like twisting someone's words and beliefs to fit your "Legion of Amazons" dream.

I realize, of course, that your dreams of sharing a foxhole with a hottie would be obliterated if the pinheaded idea of shoving females to the front lines was squelched.

522 posted on 02/07/2005 5:51:29 AM PST by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal TodayO)
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To: presidio9

When you allow the Culture of your society to encourage your daughters to act like sluts, this is the behavior you will get.


523 posted on 02/07/2005 5:54:56 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT (Goodnight Chesty, wherever you may be.)
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To: Leatherneck_MT

I said basically the same thing in reply #7 and got flamed I guess I should learn patience.


524 posted on 02/07/2005 6:19:08 AM PST by Rightly Biased (I believe If you can't say something good about somebody your probably talking about Hillary Clinton)
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To: William Terrell

No you're not.


525 posted on 02/07/2005 6:35:58 AM PST by American_Centurion
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Sorry. Is that a rule? If so, I didn't know.

Yeah, it's a rule. Any comment you make in public is fair game for everybody.

526 posted on 02/07/2005 6:58:15 AM PST by presidio9 (We're Americans. We've been kicking ass for 200 years. We're ten and one.)
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To: Darksheare; cyborg

527 posted on 02/07/2005 7:12:27 AM PST by presidio9 (We're Americans. We've been kicking ass for 200 years. We're ten and one.)
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To: starfish923

Yeh. NOTHING like that went on at Tailhook.


528 posted on 02/07/2005 7:14:00 AM PST by Hammerhead
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To: followerofchrist
Mix young men and women together in stressful situations far from home and you get wild partying. That's the real world. Only the naive try to change human nature.
529 posted on 02/07/2005 7:25:40 AM PST by Woodworker
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To: mlc9852

yes, they have- but the MSM still keeps asking them on the air to give the 'womens' point of view- as if they represented it.


530 posted on 02/07/2005 7:54:45 AM PST by Mr. K
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To: Dan Evans

Ask the officers why they are alarmed, not me.


531 posted on 02/07/2005 7:55:03 AM PST by blackie
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To: Woodworker

Then why do we bother having laws?


532 posted on 02/07/2005 8:02:04 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: E Rocc

Well, if no one did anything wrong, why the bust in rank?


533 posted on 02/07/2005 8:04:11 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852
Well, if no one did anything wrong, why the bust in rank?

Because of hysterics from the likes of you, would be my guess.

534 posted on 02/07/2005 9:40:57 AM PST by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Coop

Gee, the military forgot to ask my opinion on punishment. And this happened back in October and just came out recently. Nice try.


535 posted on 02/07/2005 10:01:28 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: SwatTeam; Coop
Hold on a minute!

A lot of us served during some extremely stressful times. I can assure you we never partied like these people did to "relieve stress". We never "exposed" ourselves either!

We were DISCIPLINED and KNEW we represented our country both in uniform and OUT OF UNIFORM!

If these people need to relieve stress they should try jogging or some other form of excercise. But this was a dishonor to ALL who serve (present AND PAST) and to our country! To all who've given their lives and who've given a part of their bodies or are disabled.

This kind of behavior is despicable. They got OUT OF THEIR UNIFORMS and joined the mud wrestling!

Then to make matters worst, they let people photograph them.

With no regard to the country and religious morals or ethics they are stationed in. They were setting fine examples for the new arrivals to the country.

They SHOULD be punished! The UCMJ addresses this kind of behavior.

Everyone who serves is taught we represent our country on and off duty. We are to be on our "best behavior" at all times, PERIOD! (Such as public drunkeness, etc.)

There is no defense of this kind of behavior. The majority of our troops are honorable and decent, and represent the United States beyond what we could wish for. These troops did not.

536 posted on 02/07/2005 10:30:57 AM PST by Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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To: mlc9852

And that has nothing to do with my comment. Nice try.


537 posted on 02/07/2005 10:36:42 AM PST by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Vets_Husband_and_Wife
They SHOULD be punished! The UCMJ addresses this kind of behavior. Everyone who serves is taught we represent our country on and off duty. We are to be on our "best behavior" at all times, PERIOD! (Such as public drunkeness, etc.) There is no defense of this kind of behavior. The majority of our troops are honorable and decent, and represent the United States beyond what we could wish for. These troops did not.

Baloney. I'm glad you were perfect while serving.

538 posted on 02/07/2005 10:37:28 AM PST by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Coop

You bet I was! I never did ANYTHING that would have disgraced my uniform or my country! Not a thing!


539 posted on 02/07/2005 10:47:01 AM PST by Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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To: Coop

You bet I was! I never did ANYTHING that would have disgraced my uniform or my country! Not a thing!

NOT IN PUBLIC!!!!!!!!


540 posted on 02/07/2005 10:47:19 AM PST by Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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