Wounded Soldiers ride 167 miles in two-day cycling trip

Wounded warrior bike trek ends with no one left behind
Soldiers ride 167 miles in two-day cycling trip
Leaf-Chronicle
Written by Philip Grey
Sep. 26, 2013

FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — The first Bluegrass Rendezvous – a two-day 167-mile bike ride from Fort Knox to Fort Campbell – came to a successful conclusion on Wednesday afternoon as a group of 40 cyclists hit the finish line at Fort Campbell with everyone who started the ride at Fort Knox.

Following a half-hour rest stop in Guthrie, Ky., the cyclists completed the last 17-mile leg strong and fast, actually getting back to Fort Campbell and the finish line at the Warrior Transition Battalion well ahead of schedule.

It would have been an amazing performance and a proud moment for anyone, but for the wounded, ill and injured soldiers of the Fort Knox and Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Units, who comprised over half of the group, it was a statement that they were far from out of the game of life, and actually more fit than many who have never endured the kind of adversity some of these warriors have faced.
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Men Accused Of Killing Ft. Campbell Specialist Taylor Hotzoglou

Men Accused Of Killing Ft. Campbell Soldier Found Guilty
News Channel 5
September 20, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Two men accused of killing a Fort Campbell soldier have been found guilty.

Giovanne Treymane Johnson, 19, and Rakeem Rashan Jones, 18, were convicted of second degree murder and especially aggravated robbery in the death of 22-year-old Specialist Taylor Hotzoglou.

The soldier was shot multiple times on April 28, 2012 in Clarksville, after giving the two teenagers a ride.
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Fort Campbell soldier back from Afghanistan, dead from multiple gunshot wounds

Green Beret's family shocked by outcome of murder trial

Local soldier Nic Moses' family shocked by verdict
KSDK.com
By Mike Rush
September 2, 2013

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KSDK) - The trial is over, but a St. Charles family says justice was not served for their son.

Nic Moses, 26, was a green beret who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he was killed by a fellow soldier last year in Tennessee.

Even though his killer was convicted, the family is outraged by the outcome.

Benjamin Schweitzer could have spent decades in prison for killing Nic Moses and shooting at two police officers, hitting one during a standoff. But, instead he may be in prison for as little as two years and the family is hoping their outrage in St. Charles will reach the courts in Tennessee.

The shooting happened in March of last year in Clarksville, Tennessee, not far from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Army failed to tell Mom 6 year old daughter's rape was on video

Tennessee mother sues Army over soldier rape case
Associated Press
Posted August 31, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman has sued the U.S. Army for $30 million, claiming authorities did not alert her to an investigation into allegations that a Fort Campbell soldier raped her daughter and videotaped the act.

The soldier, Joshua Cline, has been convicted on rape charges in Tennessee and federal child pornography charges involving the girl, who was 6 when the abuse was discovered in 2008.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Nashville earlier this month. It claims the Army failed to warn the girl's mother after officials began investigating the charges, and instead told her that she didn't have anything to worry about regarding her daughter. The Army also waited at least 10 months to notify the Tennessee Department of Children's Services that the girl could be in danger, according to court and state records.
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Fort Campbell on lockdown end after reports of shooter

Fort Campbell officials respond to threat on post
WSMV
Kimberly Curth
August 27, 2013

FORT CAMPBELL, KY (WSMV)
Many people who live and work near Fort Campbell were concerned Tuesday after hearing rumors of an active shooter on post.

Officials said the alleged threat at a post facility proved unfounded, and added that no one was ever in danger and no one was injured.

Post officials say after the alleged threat was made, their emergency personnel responded and took care of the situation.
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Church denies Fort Campbell soldier and his service dog were told to leave

Veteran, church at odds over PTSD dog at Sunday service
Pastor denies that Fort Campbell soldier and his service animal were told to leave
Leaf-Chronicle
Philip Grey
Aug. 7, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A Sunday incident involving an active-duty soldier with PTSD and an area church is highlighting the tensions between soldiers and veterans with PTSD service dogs and many places unfamiliar with service animals other than seeing-eye dogs.

“It’s just that the last place one would think there would be a problem is inside a place of inclusiveness like a church,” said Lea Patterson, a TADSAW (Train a Dog, Save A Warrior) program-certified trainer who owns Total Canine Care in Clarksville.

Patterson said that she has 20 veterans and soldiers with service dogs in training in her program and that, at least once a week, one of them is asked to leave a public place because of their dog. However, she said, having one of her veterans being asked to leave a church was a first.

Greater Missionary Baptist Church on Ringgold Road has their version of the story. The soldier – Spc. Kristofer Magstadt of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division – has a different version.
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Army vice chief talks resiliency in return to Campbell

Army vice chief talks resiliency in return to Campbell
Kentucky New Era
By Carla Jimenez, New Era Staff Writer
Aug 2, 2013

Former 101st commander touring posts in effort to promote health, save money

A former Eagle 6 stopped by Fort Campbell on Thursday as part of a tour of U.S. Army installations to promote a holistic approach to soldier and family health.

Gen. John F. Campbell, vice chief of staff of the Army and former commander of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), met with current Fort Campbell commanders and soldiers to discuss Army-wide efforts and promote total-health programs.

The programs include physical, mental and spiritual aspects. Many of these programs are already in place, such at as soldier resiliency training and embedded mental health staffs.

Fort Campbell has already been promoting resiliency, and Campbell spoke highly of the effort.

“I’ve seen a lot of great initiatives here at Fort Campbell. They’re leading the way in many things in the ready resilient campaign,” he said. “If you go around and ask, ‘Hey, do you understand ready and resilient?’ They may not know it in that term, but they understand bits and pieces of it.”

Campbell said now the Army is trying to determine how different installations approach resiliency and which programs are working. He said the Army is trying to eliminate redundancies in an effort to save money and streamline the effectiveness of such programs.

“I’m really focusing on health of the force and the ready and resilient campaign,” he said. “As we move forward and as our budget decreases, we can only afford certain programs, and I want to make sure we get the right programs for our Army.”
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Military brass may be caring but clueless on military suicide

Over 900 suicide prevention programs that do not work. Billions spent on "resilience" training since 2008 that have not worked. Their answer has been more of the same leading to more of the same deadly results, more suicides and attempted suicides. Keep in mind that it is not just enlisted but veterans as well that had been subjected to these programs and the results show more harm done than good.

New approach as Army confronts rising suicide rate
Associated Press
By BRETT BARROUQUERE
Published: August 1, 2013

FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — Gen. John F. Campbell's frustration with the Army's suicide rate is unmistakable when he raises his voice and drops his head as he speaks about it. Despite the programs offered to soldiers, the number taking their own lives keeps rising, including 14 possible suicides in June.

For Campbell, the Army's vice-chief of staff, it's a problem that seems at times almost impossible to solve.

"What's the definition of success?" Campbell asked Friday at Fort Campbell, a sprawling military post on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. "You have only one suicide? That's still too many."

In an effort to cut the suicide rate as soldiers return from combat in Afghanistan, the Army is rolling out the Ready and Resilient Campaign — a mission to coordinate and integrate myriad Army programs and services.

Campbell said the effort will consolidate multiple programs already offered with the hope of getting to soldiers who are having issues before they rise to the crisis level. It includes an assessment of a soldier's fitness and exercises to strengthen the Army by increasing soldier resilience to bounce back from deployment and any issues related to duty.

As part of a national campaign, Campbell met with soldiers and families Thursday afternoon at the post where he commanded the 101st Airborne Division from 2009-2011. He visited Fort Drum earlier Thursday and will touch Fort Jackson in South Carolina on Friday. In a 30-minute briefing with reporters, Campbell said leaders must embrace the readiness program for it to work.
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News Press puts out help request to find son days after his body was found

I don't know what is going on with the media these days but this was released today.

Southwest Florida mom asks for help to find her soldier son
Anyone with information urged to call military law enforcement Jul. 28, 2013
Written by Philip Grey
Leaf-Chronicle
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Really odd considering the same reporter wrote this

Body found on post is that of missing soldier

Family members notified Friday evening The Leaf Chronicle Written by Philip Grey Jul. 19, 2013 FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — A family member of Spc. Brandon David Bertolo has confirmed that the body found in a Fort Campbell training area Friday morning is that of the 23-year-old “Strike” Brigade soldier, missing since July 14.

Spc. Brandon David Bertolo's body found at Fort Campbell

Body found on post is that of missing soldier
Family members notified Friday evening
The Leaf Chronicle
Written by
Philip Grey
Jul. 19, 2013

FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — A family member of Spc. Brandon David Bertolo has confirmed that the body found in a Fort Campbell training area Friday morning is that of the 23-year-old “Strike” Brigade soldier, missing since July 14.

The announcement was made at 8:30 p.m. on a Facebook page the family has been using to track information on the soldier after the Army told them he failed to report for duty on Monday to his unit. The family member posted the news following notification of Bertolo’s mother, Anita Flores of Fort Myers, Fla., by Army officials.

Bertolo’s body was found at approximately 8:30 a.m. in a training area near South Group Patrol Road, outside of main post, a few miles west of Cole Park Golf Course.

Bertolo had been considered AWOL by the Army, according to a Fort Campbell press release issued Thursday afternoon, which said the soldier was under investigation on an unrelated matter.
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Soldier's Mom needs help finding missing son

Soldier's Mom needs help finding missing son

Mom asks help to find soldier
Anyone with information urged to call military law enforcement
The Leaf-Chronicle
Written by Philip Grey
Jul. 18, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A mother and Fort Campbell law enforcement are looking for anyone with information in the case of a soldier, Spc. Brandon David Bertolo, 23, possibly missing since July 14.

Spc Brandon David Bertolo (center) has not reported to his unit or had contact with anyone since July 14. The soldier is stationed at Fort Campbell with 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. / SUBMITTED

Anyone with information is urged to call military law enforcement at 270-956-4900 or contact Anita Flores at 512-663-9620. A flyer posted at several Facebook sites has an incorrect number for Flores.

Bertolo is 6’ 2” with brown hair and eyes. His home of record is Fort Myers, Fla.

He is driving what has been described as a powder-blue 2012 Lexus ES-type car. No license plate number is available at present.

He is stationed at Fort Campbell as a line medic with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team “Strike,” 101st Airborne Division.

Information for the family can be posted at a Facebook page, “Find Missing Soldier SPC Brandon David Bertolo.”
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Army investigations detail warning signs before soldiers' suicides

Army investigations detail warning signs before soldiers' suicides
WSMV News
Reported by Jeremy Finley
Posted: Jul 17, 2013
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV)

A Channel 4 I-Team investigation into soldier suicides found cases in which family members and Army investigators say the military didn't do enough to stop the soldiers' deaths.

At just 21 years old, Lana Lovely is a widow. Her husband, Pfc. Michael Lovely, died not on the battlefield but in his own backyard. The Army's investigation into his suicide shows there were plenty of warnings he was at risk to hurt himself before he died.

"For a while there, I spent all day every day thinking I wish it would've been me who passed instead of him," Lana Lovely said. "I definitely believe [the military] should have done more."

Through the Freedom of Information Act, the Channel 4 I-Team obtained 17 suicide investigations completed by the Army to determine whether each Fort Campbell soldier died in the line of duty. The 17 soldiers died in 2011 and 2012. The Channel 4 I-Team's review found that in five suicides, there were warnings the soldier may be at risk in the days and even hours before they died, including Michael Lovely.

The Army's investigation shows Lovely was considered a "high-risk" soldier due to at least one documented previous suicide attempt. The week Michael Lovely died, leaders at Fort Campbell put him on a 72-hour "cool down period" because of a domestic incident with his wife. The Army investigation said, "PFC Lovely departed the barracks at precisely the 72-hour mark to depart for home. No one checked to make sure the cool-down period was effective or discussed the reintegration ... to make sure it would be successful."

The investigation shows that Michael Lovely left as soon as the cool-down period ended and texted several people he planned to kill himself. When no one took action, he followed through. The Army investigator wrote that the lack of response to Michael Lovely's suicide threats, and "the lack of controlled release/reintegration by unit leadership" combined to "contribute significantly" to Michael Lovely's death.
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Families question whether Army is missing PTSD cases

FUBAR results of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness

FUBAR results of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
Wounded Times
Kathie Costos
July 17, 2013

There is a series from The Leaf Chronicle on the problems at Fort Campbell screaming for attention. This latest one proves my point that Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) does not build resilience or enhance performance. The only thing this program prevents is getting soldiers to seek help.

Even when they do finally come to terms with what is going on inside of them, they do not get the right help to heal as soon as possible. Why? Why is all of this still going on rising the number of suicides while enlisted as well as when they become veterans?

Fort Campbell psychiatrist weighs in on PTSD/suicide issue
'Ultimately ... depends on the soldier-patient being willing to accept help'
The Leaf Chronicle
Phillip Grey
Jul. 16, 2013

FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — One of the big concerns about soldier suicides at Fort Campbell is the lack of a PTSD diagnosis. Of the 17 cases from 2011 and 2012 reviewed by The Leaf-Chronicle and news partner WSMV-Channel 4, none included such a diagnosis.

The question of why was addressed in a June interview with Fort Campbell’s chief of Adult Behavioral Health at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Maj. Joe Wise.

The Leaf-Chronicle: Are some people just really good at hiding PTSD, so much so that their loved ones or even psychiatrists and psychologists don’t diagnosis the condition at first?

Wise: Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition that is recognizable to behavioral health professionals and, sometimes, close friends and relatives.

An individual who is suffering from untreated PTSD is not able to appropriately function in a normal setting. It is not uncommon for soldiers to deal with some level of adjustment upon return from a combat deployment; however, these soldiers are able to continue to function within their normal daily lives with some additional support or by applying other means of stress management.
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Last year alone the military suicides outnumbered all confirmed suicides from the Vietnam War. The military suicides for 2012 keep changing. While the Suicide Event Report has not been released the numbers they have released already surpassed 490.

The DOD has been pushing programs that were supposed to encourage seeking help but the way they were designed actually had the troops thinking any issues they had were their fault. If they could become "resilient" they were weak minded and didn't train right. Now they are still scratching their heads over the rise in military suicides when they should have understood what they were doing six years ago.

If you want to know how it got this bad,read THE WARRIOR SAW, SUICIDES AFTER WAR to find out how much of a nightmare this has been. Everything in it came from news reports, government reports and families. Much like Wounded Times has been brining you the stories the press has covered across the country, it compiles all of it in one place to give you a better idea of what the national news has not wanted to cover. It is FUBAR and will stay that way unless they change!

Fort Campbell 2 murders, 7 suicides in only 31 days

Deadly spring at Fort Campbell drew blitz reaction
Documents confirm 2 murders, 7 suicides in only 31 days
The Leaf Chronicle
Phillip Grey
Jul. 16, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — An explosion of events between March and April 2012 was largely the catalyst for action at Fort Campbell and surrounding communities, resulting in a community-wide declaration of war on PTSD and military suicides alike.

The period began March 15 with a slaying and police standoff in the Clarksville subdivision of Quicksilver Court.

Sgt. 1st Class Frederic N. Moses was shot by fellow 5th Special Forces Group member Sgt. Benjamin Schweitzer. Both were veterans of numerous deployments, and the victim had just returned from a combat deployment in February 2012.

Moses died on a neighbor’s front porch, bleeding out while seeking help. Schweitzer barricaded himself in a house, then wounded a police officer before being captured. The standoff riveted the city and focused attention on soldier-related violence spilling out of Fort Campbell’s gates.

Over the following weeks, rumor had it that Quicksilver Court was just the warning shot in a month of tragedy. A review of 17 Fort Campbell suicide reports from 2011 and 2012 by The Leaf-Chronicle and news partner WSMV-TV Channel 4 shows the rumors were true.

In only 31 days, there were two murders and seven suicides, nearly equaling the worst months of combat casualties for Fort Campbell units in Iraq and Afghanistan during the 10 years prior.
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Families question whether Army is missing PTSD cases

Families question whether Army is missing PTSD cases
WSMC.com
Reported by Jeremy Finley
Posted: Jul 15, 2013

FORT CAMPBELL, KY (WSMV)
Suicide in the military has been described as an epidemic in recent years, but a Channel 4 I-Team investigation raises questions about a common explanation for the problem: post-traumatic stress disorder following combat.

Through the Freedom of Information Act, the Channel 4 I-Team obtained 17 suicide investigations completed by the Army to look into whether each Fort Campbell soldier died in the line of duty. The 17 soldiers died in 2011 and 2012. The Channel 4 I-Team's review found that none of the investigative files indicated any of the soldiers were diagnosed with PTSD before their deaths.

The Channel 4 I-Team and The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper worked together to attempt to reach family members of each of the 17 soldiers and agreed not to release names without the family's blessing.

The I-Team's review of the cases found no indication of PTSD in 12 of the suicides, in either the investigative files or the family's accounts. At least three of the soldiers never deployed, according to the investigative files. But the five other families raised questions, either to Army investigators or reporters, asking whether the military missed warning signs of PTSD.

"I did not recognize my brother. I did not recognize the person that he was," said Keyanna Rawls, whose brother, Rico Rawls, died by suicide in 2012 after investigators say he killed his wife Jessica Rawls. "My thing is: It was obvious. Why didn't the Army think it was obvious?"
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Criminal investigation a red flag for Fort Campbell suicides

Criminal investigation a red flag for Fort Campbell suicides
In an honor-driven environment, even the perception of wrongdoing can become a deadly scenario
The Leaf Chronicle
Phillip Grey
Jul. 15, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A review of 17 Fort Campbell suicide investigation reports showed no simple solution, no single factor that ties the cases together. However, there are clusters of incident triggers – a significant one being suspicion of criminal wrongdoing.

Several of Fort Campbell’s suicides were predominantly the result of a soldier being under investigation, either by military or civil authorities, for alleged criminal behavior, according to an analysis of the reports by The Leaf-Chronicle and news partner WSMV-TV, Channel 4 in Nashville.

Despite that the military knows how dangerous that situation is as a trigger for suicide, commanders and units of the soldiers were unable to prevent their deaths. In at least one case, they took no action despite being warned of the danger by the commanding general of the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command.

In all three cases, the deaths were determined to be in the line of duty, due to the assessment that they acted impulsively under duress while not of sound mind.

This is not based solely on the opinion of investigators but a principle that applies in nearly every investigation of Army suicide.

AR 600-8-4, B-10, Rule 10 reads, “The law presumes that a mentally sound person will not commit suicide (or make a bona fide attempt to commit suicide). This presumption prevails until overcome by substantial evidence and a great weight of the evidence that supports any different conclusion.”

The final crash of a solid career came in July 2011 when the soldier was brought into an Orlando, Fla., hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Having been listed DFR, his death was one of the few not determined to be “line of duty.”
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'Toxic leadership' a rare but potent trigger in Fort Campbell suicides

The Leaf Chronicle is doing some great reporting on military suicides. Attempting to explain how things go so wrong that so many of the servicemen and women take their own lives after being willing to risk them for the sake of others.

In this series you'll read about how being in the military itself can in fact cause such a level of hopelessness that suicide seems to be the only way out. Toxic leadership still causing damage and a very long list of other things that went wrong.

When you read this, you will have a better idea of what is going on. The Department of Defense Suicide Event Report for 2012 has not been released yet. That is a huge issue considering this is already the middle of July. They have not released the suicide numbers for May or June. Both of these reports should have been out and that is what has researchers very concerned. Is is yet one more factor in the endless suffering these men and women are going thru? Or is it more an attempt to cover up the fact that after all these years of "efforts" to prevent suicide in the military increased them instead?

'Toxic leadership' a rare but potent trigger in Fort Campbell suicides
Fort Campbell reports highlight catalysts, but why is PTSD missing?
The Leaf Chronicle
Phillip Grey
Jul. 15, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Relationship issues, financial problems and substance abuse have long been known to trigger suicides, but in recent years a new term has crept into the military suicide lexicon: “toxic leadership.”

“These leaders are selfish and self-serving individuals who crush the morale of subordinates and units,” said retired Lt. Col. Joe Doty and Master Sgt. Jeff Fenlason in their report for the Army on the topic.

“In the best of circumstances, subordinates endure and survive toxic leaders, then the leader or the subordinate moves, changes units or leaves the military. However, at worst, a toxic leader devastates the espirit de corps, discipline, initiative, drive and willing service of subordinates and the units they comprise.”

Hostile, indifferent or inadequate leadership was noted as a factor in seven of the 17 Fort Campbell suicide investigation reports reviewed by The Leaf-Chronicle and news partner WSMV-TV, Channel 4 in Nashville. In many cases, Army investigators called for further action and proposed solutions.

Only one case rose to the level of the “toxic leadership” label, though, and it appears that leadership may have driven one exceptional soldier to the brink.

No one in the chain of command or within the platoon even knew their brand-new private was living off-post, unauthorized, with a sergeant from another unit who was profiting financially by the arrangement and whose behavior after the private’s suicide included keeping the private’s personal possessions from the family.

Treatment within the platoon wasn’t deemed hazing, but it was characterized by the kind of pointless humiliation that prompted the private’s family to question in the harshest terms what kind of people were being allowed to serve as leaders in the Army.

Throughout the report, the overall impression of the private’s Army experience is one of meaninglessness.

In little more than four months time, the private went from wanting to go to Ranger and Officer Candidate School to wanting out. While AWOL in another state, he talked intermittently about wanting to return to Fort Campbell, but he never made it back.

Instead, on New Year’s Eve 2011, after listening repeatedly to what a close friend described as a “suicide song,” he texted a suicide message to his mother, took a gun from a relative’s home and killed himself. Evidence of marijuana in his system indicated drugs may have been an additional catalyst.

What about PTSD?

Junkin’s suicide was also one of at least five cases of the 17 studied in which the families of the deceased soldiers believed PTSD was a factor.

Yet PTSD is conspicuous in the reports by its near-total absence, despite that 14 of the 17 victims experienced a combat deployment.

The problem is that a PTSD diagnosis can be made only when a soldier has been referred for counseling or treatment, or has voluntarily sought help for an issue associated with PTSD. Only six of the 17 soldiers appear to fall into that category. And of those, only five had deployed.
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Murder-suicide drives mom into PTSD campaign

Murder-suicide drives mom into PTSD campaign
Says Rico Rawls returned from war a different man in need of help
Leaf-Chronicle
Written by
Tavia D. Green
July 14, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Dawn Sult-Williams doesn’t make promises she can’t keep.

On April 23, 2012, her heart heavy and face saturated in pain, she looked at her daughter, Spc. Jessica T. Rawls, for the last time and made a promise.

Jessica Rawls lay lifeless in the silk-lined casket. She was shot to death by her husband, Spc. Rico Rawls, who later committed suicide.

“I wrote her a letter, and I put it in her coffin,” Sult-Williams said, tears creeping from the corners of her eyes. “I told her I would do my best to keep the same thing from happening from someone else. I never make promises, but I promised her. That’s a big deal for me.”

On April 13, 2012, at about 10:22 a.m., Jessica Rawls, 27, and Rico Rawls were arguing in their Fort Campbell home. Rico retrieved a gun and shot Jessica once in her head and fled the home. Zoe, their 1-year-old daughter, was asleep upstairs at the time, according to an official Army investigation report.
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Fort Campbell Murder Suspect Shoots Himself

Fort Campbell ex-asst. inspector general charged with identity theft

Fort Campbell ex-asst. inspector general charged with stealing officers' IDs
Tried to pin blame on dead officer, according to indictment
Written by
The Leaf-Chronicle
July 10, 2013

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A former assistant inspector general at Fort Campbell has been charged with using stolen soldier identities to get fraudulent bank loans.

James Robert Jones, 42, of Woodlawn was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, announced David Rivera, acting United States attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, in a news release.

The indictment charges Jones with aggravated identity theft, bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution. He is further accused of trying to pin blame for the scheme on a deceased Army officer.
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Soldiers return to Fort Campbell on Fourth of July

Soldiers return to Fort Campbell on Fourth of July
WSMV News
Posted by Kevin Young
Posted: Jul 03, 2013

FORT CAMPBELL, KY (WSMV)

There's no day more patriotic than Independence Day, especially for a soldier homecoming.

Members of the 541st Transportation Company returned home to Fort Campbell early Thursday morning after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.
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