"Soldier Guilty of Cutting Straps" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 10 May 2018 1:02 p.m. PST |
A soldier with the U.S. Army was found guilty on Wednesday of deliberately destroying three Army vehicles by cutting the parachute straps on Humvees that were dropped during an airborne exercise in southern Germany… link |
| zoneofcontrol | 10 May 2018 1:14 p.m. PST |
Read this in the news just before "tuning in" here to TMP land. Would be nice if after his dismissal, they would fly him home and "drop him off" in his backyard. |
| cloudcaptain | 10 May 2018 1:17 p.m. PST |
I recall that clip making the rounds awhile back. Glad they found the cause |
 miniMo  | 10 May 2018 2:03 p.m. PST |
Oh, I see, he cut the straps *before* they dropped. Would be a rather different story if they charged him for cutting the straps after landing… |
| PrivateSnafu | 10 May 2018 2:55 p.m. PST |
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 Striker | 10 May 2018 3:30 p.m. PST |
Punished for laughing? i'd be laughing too, that's part of the fun of being in the military. We laughed when guys flipped their forklift of the loading doc and when the crane dropped our van and the A/C unit slammed on the computers. the other guy had to know that they'd go looking for the cause of the failures though. |
 Virtualscratchbuilder | 10 May 2018 8:26 p.m. PST |
How did he manage to do it on three different aircraft though? |
| Bunkermeister | 11 May 2018 10:15 p.m. PST |
As I understand it he was a parachute packer so his work was on several planes. Inexcusable, make him pay for the vehicles when he gets out of prison. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| korsun0 | 12 May 2018 4:12 a.m. PST |
Doesn't look like he got prison, just kicked out…. |
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