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Kate Wilder, CPT, MI
 Guys, I was the Det Cdr for ODA-726 when the Kate Wilder fiasco--and it was a total fiasco--took place. SWC really screwed that one up and all involved were used by one shrewd, manipulative, female with "heavy" support from some members of Congress and DACOWITS. COL Ola Mize (CMH) was the SWC Cdr and MG Lutz the Cdr of JFKCMA. After the investigations (there were more than one) and legal shenanigans were over, CPT Wilder was awarded the 5G and sent to Fort Huachuca with a proviso that she would never serve in an SF assignment ever again. She retired an LTC and the last time I saw her name was during the 2004 elections when she came out in support of John Kerry's nomination for POTUS. Figures. My favorite memory of the Wilder affair was the t-shirt that was printed with her face imposed on an ART-2 sight reticle; MG Lutz put the word out that anyone in SF caught wearing one of the t-shirts would be reassigned out of SF so they didn't sell for long. I wish now that I would have bought one for a souvenir as it would look good on the wall in my den now. 
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