[RedEyeJack]

This story needs serious fact checking... Is there or has there ever been a Sergeant Safstrom in D/1/325? Did he conduct an interview with Kamber? When and where? Would not be the first time a NYT reporter wrote an article about fictitious people and the editors at the NYT sure cant be depended on to make sure there is "truth" in such stories.

[Cicero]

FWIW, I did a google search to see what I could find, and turned up the name on a promotion list from April 6, 2006. Not sure if it’s the same guy, of course, but it probably is.

It’s an on-line MS.doc file.

http://www.military.com/MilitaryCareers/Content/Files/MPDC_PromoAlert_Army_SSGT_032206.doc

[Drew68]

Would not be the first time a NYT reporter wrote an article about fictitious people and the editors at the NYT sure cant be depended on to make sure there is "truth" in such stories.

Whether or not there is a Sergeant Safstrom in D/1/325, the opinion expressed by him is increasingly becoming a popular one. There's no denying that these extended, multiple deployments are starting to take their toll on the men and women serving over there. There's a lot of frustration and anger growing in the ranks. I hate to break it but there's going to be a lot of men and women who wear BDUs to work voting "D" in the next election. And they're going to vote "D" because they are tired of war and want to come home.

[91B]

He’s listed in the white pages on AKO.