Posted on 02/06/2005 1:19:27 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Female Member of NC-Based Guard Unit Demoted for Mud-Wrestling Party in Iraq By Martha Waggoner Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A female member of a National Guard military police unit was demoted for indecent exposure after a mud-wrestling party at the Army-run Camp Bucca detention center in Iraq, a military spokesman said Sunday.
The party occurred Oct. 30, as the 160th Military Police Battalion, an Army Reserve Unit from Tallahassee, Fla., prepared to turn over its duties to the Asheville-based 105th Military Police Battalion, said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, spokesman for detainee operations at Camp Bucca.
In the course of the transfer of duties, "some individuals in their exuberance decided to put together a mud-wrestling thing," Johnson said Sunday by telephone. "There were females involved, and some members of the 105th also became involved, one female soldier in particular."
Following an inquiry, that soldier was demoted and placed on restriction for participating in the event, specifically for indecent exposure, he said.
Four or five other members of the 105th who were spectators received counseling, Johnson said.
I have the utmost respect for the active duty security police units and military police units, but the reservists and guardsmen I have seen lately seem to be at best Barney Fife types and at worst, well, rent-a-cops that no real police department would hire.
I would prefer they find other ways to wind down but that said our military isn't training Barbie dolls but soldiers and I can see them getting rowdy sometimes. Hopefully she will use better judgement next time and get her rank back soon but she is over there fighting for me and mine so it's hard to do too much beating her up.
I think she was either the girl who decided to expose her chest to the camera or she was the girl who mooned her thong at the camera.
(Two different girls.)
On the other thread, it was stated that someone exposed their boobs. This may be the one.
LOL! It's funny that that has to be clarified. I find it odd that no mention of their state of undress WAS mentioned. However the mom says: "It was just a thing where she was coerced by a bunch of people, and with all the excitement, she lost her sanity for a moment and that's all it took," she said."
She was the only one who lost her sanity apparently. What does that mean?
BFD
Had it been cherry jello, I would have considered this Conduct Becoming.
Oh my! Well... no comment.
My home town, too. It was on the front of the Mountains section today so I'm sure a lot of people saw it. Nothing to be proud of, for sure.
did she wrestle herself?
Let me enlighten you...
Many Guardsmen with the 95B MOS (Military Police, since you probably don't know it), are full-time State Troopers or County Deputy Sherrifs. Several I personally know also serve on the Counter-Drug task forces in their municipalities. So your opinion is at kindest, ill-informed.
I've shared this with a few Guardsmen and Big Army types.
Nice rack from what little I can see.
My thoughts exactly. Considering the Abu Ghraib debacle involving Army Reservists, you would think that the leadership of at least one of these organizations would have actually exercised some (leadership).
BS. My brother, an Army Reservist served WITH HONOR in Iraq. You cannot draw a broad brush conclusion like that. YOu're listening to the MSM TOO MUCH!!!
Another bash the Guard thread...and people wonder why this behavior is unacceptable.
And what sucks the most about when people do this is that the Guard and Reserve families have the hardest time while their loved one is away. Bash from the left, bash from the right.
Well, actually,...ummm...... Yes. She did.
Not, only that, but the whole Guard takes a hit, especially with people on FR.
"but the reservists and guardsmen I have seen lately seem to be at best Barney Fife types and at worst, well, rent-a-cops that no real police department would hire."
Anyone saying that to my old unit would have been picking their eyes nose and teeth off the ground.
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