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Man Sentenced For Beating Decorated Soldier
WCMH-TV Columbus, Ohio ^ | April 5, 2005

Posted on 04/05/2005 5:29:43 PM PDT by Columbus Dawg

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A former soldier who pleaded guilty to beating up another soldier who was on leave from Iraq was sentenced Tuesday, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported.

Brent Cornwell, of Blacklick, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years of probation after pleading guilty in December to a charge of felonious assault. Cornwell will be able to serve the jail time during weekends, Bowersock reported.

Cornwell, a former soldier, got into a fight with Foster Barton last summer in the parking lot after a Toby Keith concert at Germain Amphitheater. Barton, of Grove City, was on leave while he recovered from injuries he suffered in Iraq.

Barton received a Purple Heart for his military service in Iraq. He almost lost his leg after a Humvee he was riding in ran over a landmine.

Cornwell told the judge in December that the fight started after the two exchanged insults about the other's military unit.

Cornwell apologized in court on Tuesday.

"I accept responsibility for what happened that night," Cornwell said. "I wish I could take it back."

Barton will return to his unit next week and then possibly could return to Iraq, Bowersock reported.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: assault; attack; columbus; criminal; iraq; ohio
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To: Dick Vomer
Marines always treat corpsmen as brothers

Almost always. Sometimes not. The few that didn't never changed my views of the many that did. I never saw combat, but I was responsible for the health of many in my platoon. 81mm mortars, Weapons Co. 2/3 KMCAS BTW - I like your handle.
21 posted on 04/05/2005 7:18:24 PM PDT by Bear_Slayer (If you're gonna be a Knight act like a Knight.)
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To: patton

I knew of a few crappy corpsman. There are as many bad corpsman as there are bad marines.


22 posted on 04/05/2005 7:20:51 PM PDT by Bear_Slayer (If you're gonna be a Knight act like a Knight.)
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To: Texas_Jarhead
so what happened ? Marine ends up in the brig ( or whatever the Army calls it) an the Army ends up in sick bay ?

Semper Fi.
23 posted on 04/05/2005 9:30:02 PM PDT by stylin19a (Always remember - don't ever forget - "2 wrongs don't make a right, it's 3 lefts that make a right.")
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To: U S Army EOD

GOOD ONE!! Sounds like something I'd say!


24 posted on 04/05/2005 9:32:53 PM PDT by willyboyishere
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To: Bear_Slayer
I knew of a few crappy corpsman. There are as many bad corpsman as there are bad marines.

I've got to admit, I've got a soft spot in my heart for corpsmen....

My uncle was a conscientious objector during the early 60's and became a Navy Corpsman.... he saw more combat than all my other uncles except my pop.

a corpsman saved my dad's life during an ambush in Chu Li..........some of the guys in my dad's platoon told me my dad was sticking his leg back on and giving cover fire for his LT and radio operator who set off a booby trap...corpsman knocked him down, started an IV ... He got sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi and I got to see a bunch of guys whose lives were saved by corpsmen, chopper pilots with brass balls, quick work by field surgeons and a really sharp vascular surgeons in the Philippines.

I heard stories for 26 months at the NAS about corpsmen.... so I know that corpsmen can be turds and some Marines can be turds... but I like to tell my son that there are still heroes around...

25 posted on 04/05/2005 9:37:05 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: Bear_Slayer

You must have been around a bunch of POGs. Grunts always took care of their Docs.


26 posted on 04/05/2005 9:41:45 PM PDT by BBell
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To: Columbus Dawg

I served in the Army and in the Navy (Honorable Discharges from both, BTW) and the insults traded with members of other branches were always friendly. At least that was my experience. We always knew we were on the same team.


27 posted on 04/05/2005 9:55:34 PM PDT by Octar
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To: Dick Vomer

Good for your uncle, the conscientious objectors that had the balls to serve their country are the real heros, not the professional army. I have more respect for those people than anyone.


28 posted on 04/05/2005 9:56:08 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (My US Army daughter outshot everybody in her basic training company.)
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To: Texas_Jarhead

How many of the Marine jokes went over your head?


29 posted on 04/05/2005 9:57:44 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (My US Army daughter outshot everybody in her basic training company.)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

ROTFLMAO


30 posted on 04/05/2005 9:59:06 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (My US Army daughter outshot everybody in her basic training company.)
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To: Bear_Slayer

Just loose their shot records and you can straighten them out.


31 posted on 04/05/2005 10:00:59 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (My US Army daughter outshot everybody in her basic training company.)
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To: CONSERVE
Now why would you try to have us believe a soldier would give a marine a hard time?

As an Army MP patrolling DLI Monterey I was dispatched to the NCO Club for a disturbance. IE bar fight, As we entered the club I saw several Army Special Forces and several Marines kicking the tar out of each other.

A Marine Gunny walked up and asked if I wanted it stopped. I said yes. The damn Gunny turned around, Said "Attention" and it was like Moses parting the Red Sea.

The Marines stopped in a split second and snapped to attention, one in mid punch. Damned thing I ever saw in 7+ yrs as an MP.

The only 2 to get put in cuffs that night were an Army SFC and his punk CPL.
32 posted on 04/05/2005 10:05:20 PM PDT by glaseatr (God Bless, My Nephew, SGT Adam Estep 2nd Bat, 5th Cav reg died Thursday April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: BBell
I have consistently stated that I was treated well by the Marines and that I have great respect for marines. More respect for them then my sailor brothers.

Why? Not because the Navy gave me any cause to lose respect, but because, other than boot-camp, and Corps school, I spent my entire time with the Marines.

My only knowledge of ship-board life comes from Hunt for Red October :-)


33 posted on 04/06/2005 4:56:28 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer (If you're gonna be a Knight act like a Knight.)
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To: patton

I figure he was the only one in your squad who could read a compass.


34 posted on 04/06/2005 6:53:17 AM PDT by em2vn
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