Posted on 07/18/2023 10:19:36 PM PDT by thegagline
The mother of the US soldier who has been detained in North Korea after crossing into the country without authorization said the risky behavior was unlike her son.
The 23-year-old Army private, Travis King, was stationed in South Korea and was on a tour of the demilitarized zone between the two countries Tuesday when he strayed from the group and ran across the border.
“I can’t see Travis doing anything like that,” Claudine Gates, of Racine, Wisconsin, told ABC News.
She said she last spoke to her son a few days ago and just wanted him to come home.
King was facing military disciplinary charges while stationed in South Korea after having served time at a prison in the country over assault charges. He was supposed to fly back to the US and was escorted by military personnel to the airport but he left past the security checkpoint and skipped his flight.
Instead, he joined the tour of the Joint Security Area in the demilitarized zone.
Another tourist on the tour, Mikaela Johansson of Sweden, claimed King loudly laughed as he ran between two buildings into the Hermit Kingdom.
US officials said King, a private second class who has served in the Army for approximately two years, “deliberately” crossed the border into the closed-off and secretive country.
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Hope the guy makes it out okay, if he wants to.
Not sure what’s going on here.
The poor kid has a few screws loose. I feel sorry for his mom — she’s got to be absolutely frantic with worry.
If a draft was happening now, I suspect this guy would not have even passed the tests to get in. He seems to make really bad judgement calls frequently.
He was such a good boy and always wanted to be an army rapper said his mother
But he is the right color to excel in the military today. In today’s Military being the right color is all that is required. There is no limit how far he can go.
Some guys will do anything to date an Asian
If he is only an E-2 after being in two years there is something else going on...
“crossed” vs “defected”
Alrighty then. Call me when I have a reason to care and they get their story straight.
I feel bad for him and his family.
Looks like Obamas son.
He done always hep his Gramma carry in de groc’ries.
/s
Ebonics never wuz an never willbe my second language.
Remembering Otto Warmbier.
I’m glad that he had a faith. May he rest in peace.
1) The U.S. armed forces used to deal with the bad conduct of their own and not allow service members to serve time in foreign jails or prisons, including for crimes against host nation citizens. The United States has a status of forces agreement (SOFA) with the ROKs; King should have been handed over immediately to U.S. military authorities for NJP or court martial.
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2) Getting the miscreant service member out of country immediately and under close guard until delivered to a disciplinary barracks or brig should be SOP. Dropping off the soldier at an airport and on own his own is beyond stupid.
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3) Countries such as South Korea, Germany, and Japan with a significant U.S. military presence have been treating service members badly for a long time now. The Japs have a U.S. Naval officer in prison because he experienced a medical emergency while driving and accidentally killed two pedestrians after he lost consciousness. The U.S. administration must grow a spine and stand up to these morons whose asses we’ve kicked and whose bacon we now protect at great cost to the American taxpayer.
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4) Are things so bad in Biden’s woke military that a soldier would rather defect to the Norks than serve in the perv Army?
Is his hat on inside-out ?
I was thinking the same thing.
Can we trade that doper basketball dude for him, though?
That might work.
Yeah, I’d hate to think this will wind up a repeat.
We’ll have to see this play out before we can say what the
heck is going on here.
Boy the Norks don’t play around, and if this guy thought he
was going to get decent treatment out of them, look out!
His mom might be worried.....
But what about daddy?
Nevermind
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