Camp Lejeune 26 April 2005
Toward the end of the voir dire, Captain Bolling had Major Winn state for the record that he was scheduled for promotion to lieutenant colonel and would serve on the staff of Major General Richard Huck when the 2nd Marine Division returned to Iraq. General Huck was the commander of the 2nd Marine Division. All the grunts at Camp Lejeune were his. He also had the dubious privilege of approving the charges against me.
It was the general's staff that read the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) report and started the legal process moving. It was his staff that had charged me with two counts of premeditated murder, destruction of civilian property, dereliction of duty, and conduct unbecoming an officer. It was his staff that didn't think the matter warranted more research, more interviews, or more information before they drafted charges. It was his staff that concluded sufficient cause to go after a Marine lieutenant, perhaps to make an example, in order to pressure the good order and discipline of the service. It was his legal advisor that felt confient to charge the max, and it was is legal advisor whose balls would be in a sling if this didn't go the way he wanted. If this didn't proceed at least to a court-martial, whoever had put this together would be hating life. Oh, and General Huck happened to be the guy who was going to review Winn's fitness reports, in effect, controlling his future career. Great.
WARLORD Ilario Pantano page 35
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