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Offline TomSea

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Army soldier found guilty of cutting straps, sending Humvees plummeting from plane during training e
« on: May 10, 2018, 04:21:01 pm »
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Army soldier found guilty of cutting straps, sending Humvees plummeting from plane during training exercise
Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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.

The Army said in a statement to Fox News that Sgt. John T. Skipper, 29, was found guilty in a court-martial of three instances of destroying military property worth over $500 and lying during the official criminal investigation.

The incident happened back in April 2016, when Skipper was assigned to the 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, part of the Italy-based 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne).

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/10/army-soldier-found-guilty-cutting-straps-sending-humvees-plummeting-from-plane-during-training-exercise.html

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Re: Army soldier found guilty of cutting straps, sending Humvees plummeting from plane during traini
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2018, 04:32:33 pm »
Why would you do this?   It was more than just this guy.    If you watch the video they knew it was going to happen.
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Re: Army soldier found guilty of cutting straps, sending Humvees plummeting from plane during traini
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2018, 04:51:26 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on May 10, 2018, 04:32:33 pm
Why would you do this?   It was more than just this guy.    If you watch the video they knew it was going to happen.

All we do know for sure is he'll soon be breaking three Humvees' worth of rocks at Ft Leavenworth.
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2018, 04:54:15 pm »
They should have put both soldiers in prison, one year for each Humvee.
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Re: Army soldier found guilty of cutting straps, sending Humvees plummeting from plane during traini
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2018, 04:59:13 pm »
According to DailyMail they did it for fun, as a joke or something. When the Humvees were hitting the ground the riggers were taped hooting and laughing and yelling things like, 'Hell Yea!'

Just demented kids who have no concept of consequences and were given a job that was too big for them. It was a joke of some kind. I can't understand it? They did it just for fun.

I'm glad these guys did not make it to the battlefield. Who knows what they would have done. Dangerous people.
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