[browardchad]

I'm not sure just how one gets a court martial in the guard

I'm not sure either, but here are just a few of the citations:

The Washington Post, 10/25/02

Muhammad was convicted twice at courts-martial, once for failing to report for duty and disobeying a lawful command and later for striking a sergeant.

Muhammad's time with the 769th: Alleged sniper court-martialed twice

Alleged sniper John Allen Muhammad spent seven years serving with the 769th Engineer Battalion of the Louisiana National Guard. During his service, he was court-martialed twice for disciplinary reasons.

In 1982, Tim Toler was the presiding officer in a court-martial in which Mohammad was accused of failing to obey a direct order....

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State residency is not necessarily a prerequisite to guard membership.

Thanks for that info. I guess that's a minor point in Muhammad's service in the Oregon NG -- the disturbing question is why the Army, and subsequently the Oregon NG, accepted him after his problems in the Louisiana Guard.

[Grampa Dave]

There is an even more basic question about his service time with the Oregon National Guard.

That is where did he live during this time? Did he live a halfway house near one of the two radical Mosques in Portland? Did he live in a Portland burb. Did he drive from the State of Washington? If so why would he do that when Washington had guard programs?

What is interesting the Politically Correct/Diversity Driven Oregonian Fishwrap has not done any investigative reporting on this time line? Or if they have, they spiked the news and decided not to print the story.