Posted on 09/16/2013 3:18:06 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: REVEALED: Gunman, 34, who murdered TWELVE and injured 15 in Washington Navy Yard rampage was decorated petty officer who left military in 2011 after previous gun charge
While the motive of Aaron Alexis, the heavily armed gunman who shot dead at least 12 people in cold blood this morning at the Washington Navy Yard has not been revealed, speculation is growing his dismissal from the U.S. Navy for 'misconduct' in January 2011 may have inspired him to commit a deadly revenge.
Alexis, 34, has been revealed to have a prior arrest for letting a gun off that could have harmed his neighbor while he cleaned his own weapon at home in Fort Worth, Texas, 2010.
Despite the lack of acknowledged motive, one U.S. official has been quoted as saying Alexis was kicked out of the Navy in 2011 for 'misconduct' as a direct result of his gun arrest three years ago.
Law enforcement said that Alexis' identity was confirmed by fingerprints and that he served in the U.S. Navy between May 5th, 2007 and January 31st, 2011, the date he was dismissed from the service.
He was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal prior to his discharge in January 2011.
A U.S. Navy spokesman said that Alexis was an 'aviation electrician's mate' - ranked as a third class petty officer and served at the Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, Texas.
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He is reported to have enlisted in New York and the Brooklyn native graduated from boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois as an Airman Recruit.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
By any chance was his new name Mohammed Islam or is the propaganda machine once again playing “filter the news”?
Stunning if so.
“Decorated” you say? Those are both ribbons EVERYONE gets at the end of basic training, IIRC. If he’d had any commendation medals or higher, then I’d agree with the headline. The press know nearly nothing about the armed forces, because they’d never think of serving and probably don’t have any friends that did, either.
accidental discharge of weapon was considered a misconduct thus ground for discharge????!?! Something does not sound right
“revealed to have a prior arrest for letting a gun off that could have harmed his neighbor while he cleaned his own weapon at home in Fort Worth, Texas, 2010.
Despite the lack of acknowledged motive, one U.S. official has been quoted as saying Alexis was kicked out of the Navy in 2011 for ‘misconduct’ as a direct result of his gun arrest three years ago. “
remedial math might help
His “decorations” are the routine ones that everybody gets.
News is now reporting that he went to Thailand and converted to...Buddhism? But he had “anger issues”.
The headline doesn’t match the body of the article. The NDS and GWOT take a pulse and being present during the prescribed timeframe. I also wonder about his separation being due to an accidental discharge at his home. I am guessing there is more to that story.
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I’d be interested in hearing of his views on race, religion and what he accomplished after being dumped from the military. “Decorated”...what a laugh.
I’d be interested in hearing of his views on race, religion and what he accomplished after being dumped from the military. “Decorated”...what a laugh.
““Decorated” you say?”
I don’t say the article says so!
Charges were actually dropped in that case, I believe. He also was arrested (don’t recall the year) for shooting out the tires of a neighbor in Tacoma who annoyed him.
In any case, not a well-balanced guy.
Per other threads, he was interested in Buddhism.
Oh you mean like Nidal Hassan?
Hadn’t heard about the tire incident, but I did hear someone say that one neighbor (a woman) was afraid of him
Thailand has a large muslim population and all the atrocities that come with it.
But of course no one wants to point to the Muslims in Thailand do they?
He was doing it wrong.
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