[Mitchell]

Google translated "maréchal des logis" as "sergeant". Do you know if that's correct?

None of these people are lieutenants; the deserter is described in news reports as a second lieutenant.

Maybe he wasn't admitted in 2001, but in another year. Here are the links to the admission lists of the past several years:

Admitted in 1999: http://www.adminet.com/jo/19990725/DEFT9901705K.html

Admitted in 2000: http://www.adminet.com/jo/20000810/DEFT0001833K.html

Admitted in 2001 (the one I posted earlier): http://www.adminet.com/jo/20010529/DEFT0101506K

Newly admitted in 2002: http://www.adminet.com/jo/20020519/DEFT0201620K.html

[patriciaruth]

Google translated "maréchal des logis" as "sergeant". Do you know if that's correct?

Then why are sergeants listed also on your list if it means the same thing? I'll go check your new lists.

[patriciaruth]

After perusing cursorily the lists I noted that

Le Du (Sébastien), maréchal des logis, artillerie, appuis, RTSE was on the 2001 list, and
Leduc (Sébastien), lieutenant, 9760010683, matériel, soutien, RTNO was on the 2002 list.

Lambert (Arnaud), lieutenant, troupes de marine, mélée, RTNE was on the 2000 list and
Lambert (Arnaud), lieutenant, 9370030350, troupes de marine, mélée, RTNE was on the 2001 list.

I was looking for evidence of promotion from one year to the next, but what I was most struck by was how few names seemed to be present from one year to the next.

I think Le Duc (Sebastien) may have been promoted from marechal to lieutenant with a typo of his name, but there are other discrepancies, like going from RTSE to RTNO, which I have no idea what they mean.

My husband thinks the Mohammed guy and his stepson are the sniper and his assistant.

It would have been nice to blame the French but we may actually be stuck with another American Taliban, so to speak.

[Nogbad]

Google translated "maréchal des logis" as "sergeant". Do you know if that's correct?

Yes I do know and yes it is correct.