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Originally Posted by Basenshukai
Not all of these events lead right up to a CO or a SGM. Sometimes the investigation finds that other factors were at play.
I remember the incident with the lost classified thumb drive in Afghanistan in 2006 - the one with all the information on the ASO effort there. The thing was lost from the CJSOTF-A and found its way to a bazaar and then onto a reporter's hands. The thumb drive was traced back to 7th SFG - then under the command of Ed Reeder, while Reeder commanded the CJSOTF-A. Basically, the thumb drive was lost from the J2's office just a few doors down from Reeder's office. We thought it would be the end of then-Colonel Reeder's career. The incident made the national news, there were detailed articles by various news organizations, etc (see link: http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr...rld/fg-disks13). I mean the thumb drive was lost during his command of CJSOTF-A and - essentially - by his own unit.
But... how many stars did Reeder achieve after this before retiring? Two? Not to shabby.
So, my only thought there is that the investigation found that maybe the commander did everything a commander can reasonably do and that sometimes your subordinates just do some crazy sh*t. |
I remember that incident. I worked with the other half of that team during that time, and don’t have very good things to say about them. Their Team Sergeant’s name was not carried well in our team room.
Just did a search and we’ve talked about the TS on PS.com quite a bit, not good talk either.
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