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War Crimes, Hard Choices and Harder Consequences, the Final Chapter: Lessons Learned[Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX and Part X.]A NOTE FROM CHRIS HERNANDEZFull disclosure: I struggled writing this...
War Crimes, Hard Choices and Harder Consequences, Part X: the Aftermath[Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII and Part IX.]Bravo company’s tragedies didn’t stop when the deployment ended. One of the soldiers who...
Sergeant Major David Stewart: Using this incident to make a positive change[Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII and Part VIII.]In Iraq one of my friends screwed up at the beginning of a mission. After his humvee left the gate,...
Tony Yribe: “This incident doesn’t define who I am.”“I did that, Sarge. I killed all those people.”Tony Yribe stopped what he was doing. He looked at Private First Class Steven Green. And he thought, This guy is full of shit.[Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III,...
Part VII: Eric Lauzier, continuedAt the end of Part VI, Eric Lauzier had discovered two of his soldiers participated in the Yusufiyah murders. The criminals and Lauzier's best friend were arrested, and Lauzier watched as his platoon and company began to...
Eric Lauzier: “They took my honor.” War Crime, Hard Choice and Harder Consequences, Part VI [Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V.] Staff Sergeant Eric Lauzier heard the gunfire at the Alamo. Sudden and heavy, multiple weapons opening up on...
Sergeant John Diem: "We can only do our best to deserve the public's trust." Sergeant John Diem had four hours to think about his decision. War Crimes, Hard Choices, and Harder Consequences: John Diem's Story [Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV.]...
"If you leave him out there, they'll kill him," his Battalion Commander was told by a junior NCO.Justin Watt secretly reported several members of his platoon for committing the rape and murders, and was desperately hoping he wouldn't be found out.War Crimes, Hard...
Justin Watt: "I was literally just doing my duty."[Continued from Part I and Part II.]Justin Watt’s personal turning point came barely a month into the deployment.He was on duty at a patrol base when the battalion commander arrived with his Personal Security Detail....
PFC Steven Green had just told Sergeant Tony Yribe he murdered an entire family.[Continued from Part I - http://www.breachbangclear.com/war-crimes-hard-choices-and-harder-consequences/]To put it mildly, Green wasn’t the most credible guy in the platoon. Yribe didn’t...
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