On-Duty SF Trainee Shoots Dogs At Fort Bragg
An SF doggy tale.
SFTG and weekend guard duty circa 1971. One of the guard post's was the vet clinic next to the Drop Zone Airborne Club Annex - a
rousing place with lots of opportunities to practice your MMA skills on Friday and Saturday nights. The vet clinic was a post with a single guard armed with an M-16A1 and 5 rounds of ammo.
A call came into the guard house down next to the old Book Store across from the JFK Center that there were shots fired at the vet clinic. MPs were notified and the Officer (CPT) and Sergeant of the Guard (MSG) headed for the vet clinic in separate M151s - about a 2 minute drive.
It turns out the trainee on guard duty claimed he was being attacked by three dogs in their cyclone fenced pens and so had fired all 5 of his 5.56mm rounds into the pen - killing them all.
The guy was relieved and the investigation began. The dogs belonged to a COL with 18ABC, and the trainee was found mentally unstable and separated under a Chap 8 from the service.
We used to talk about it all the time and always wondered whether the guy was really mentally imbalanced or just found a clever way to void his contract.
And so it goes...
Richard
