Soldier charged with killing family in Alaska
By RACHEL D'ORO (AP)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 21-year-old soldier has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and infant daughter in their Alaska apartment soon after his return from Afghanistan.
Spc. Kip Lynch was indicted Thursday on first-degree murder charges in the April deaths of his 19-year-old wife Racquell Lynch and 8-month-old daughter Kyirsta Lynch.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Fort Lewis MP dies in Iraq
Fort Lewis MP dies in Iraq
MATT MISTEREK; The News Tribune
A highly decorated military police officer from Fort Lewis who saw previous action in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan died Tuesday in Iraq in what the Department of Defense is calling a noncombat incident.
Maj. David L. Audo, 35, of Saint Joseph, Ill., died in Baghdad, according to DOD and Fort Lewis news releases issued Wednesday. He was assigned in July to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 22nd Military Police Battalion at Fort Lewis, and at the time of his death was the executive officer for the battalion’s forward element in Iraq.
He married Rebecca K. Johnson in 1998, according to her Web site, and they have two children, according to The News-Gazette of Champaign, Ill.
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MATT MISTEREK; The News Tribune
A highly decorated military police officer from Fort Lewis who saw previous action in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan died Tuesday in Iraq in what the Department of Defense is calling a noncombat incident.
Maj. David L. Audo, 35, of Saint Joseph, Ill., died in Baghdad, according to DOD and Fort Lewis news releases issued Wednesday. He was assigned in July to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 22nd Military Police Battalion at Fort Lewis, and at the time of his death was the executive officer for the battalion’s forward element in Iraq.
He married Rebecca K. Johnson in 1998, according to her Web site, and they have two children, according to The News-Gazette of Champaign, Ill.
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Spartans Living the soldier's creed
Living by the Soldier's Creed
Multi-National Division Baghdad
Story by Staff Sgt. Peter Ford
Date: 06.06.2009
Posted: 06.06.2009 02:21
BAGHDAD — I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.
All Army Soldiers are required to know the Soldier's Creed, but the Soldiers of 591st Military Police Company "Spartans," 93rd MP Battalion, 8th MP Brigade not only know it, they live by it. They always place the mission first.
The Spartans, a police transition team that advises Iraqi police, received a distress call over the radio as they prepared to go home after a long day at al-Awad Police Station, June 3. A Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle had rolled over into a ravine less than three miles away. Without hesitation, the Spartans went to the aid of their fellow Soldiers.
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Multi-National Division Baghdad
Story by Staff Sgt. Peter Ford
Date: 06.06.2009
Posted: 06.06.2009 02:21
BAGHDAD — I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.
All Army Soldiers are required to know the Soldier's Creed, but the Soldiers of 591st Military Police Company "Spartans," 93rd MP Battalion, 8th MP Brigade not only know it, they live by it. They always place the mission first.
The Spartans, a police transition team that advises Iraqi police, received a distress call over the radio as they prepared to go home after a long day at al-Awad Police Station, June 3. A Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle had rolled over into a ravine less than three miles away. Without hesitation, the Spartans went to the aid of their fellow Soldiers.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
A military police company returns to Tampa
Coming home to a new world
A military police company returns to Tampa to find many changes on the home front during their 11-month tour.
Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Friday, January 23, 2009
TAMPA — For the last 11 months, Luis Calderon's life back home has gone on without him.
His wife made a new circle of friends. The bedroom curtains changed. And his two daughters?
"They've grown 4 inches in a year. Both of them," said Calderon, who returned Thursday morning from Iraq. He and 161 other members of the 320th Military Police Company were welcomed home at Tampa International Airport by teary-eyed wives, anxious family members and flag-waving supporters.
But the world Calderon left nearly a year ago is not exactly the one he returned to Thursday. We have a black president. Fewer banks. Colder weather. Cheaper gas.
Calderon saw some of these changes from a computer screen in Tikrit, a world of roadside bombs, gunshots and military salutes. But some things can't be transmitted via Webcam.
"When I left, the little one didn't talk that much. Now, on the way home, she started singing the ABCs," he said. "I was just amazed how much she knows."
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A military police company returns to Tampa to find many changes on the home front during their 11-month tour.
Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Friday, January 23, 2009
TAMPA — For the last 11 months, Luis Calderon's life back home has gone on without him.
His wife made a new circle of friends. The bedroom curtains changed. And his two daughters?
"They've grown 4 inches in a year. Both of them," said Calderon, who returned Thursday morning from Iraq. He and 161 other members of the 320th Military Police Company were welcomed home at Tampa International Airport by teary-eyed wives, anxious family members and flag-waving supporters.
But the world Calderon left nearly a year ago is not exactly the one he returned to Thursday. We have a black president. Fewer banks. Colder weather. Cheaper gas.
Calderon saw some of these changes from a computer screen in Tikrit, a world of roadside bombs, gunshots and military salutes. But some things can't be transmitted via Webcam.
"When I left, the little one didn't talk that much. Now, on the way home, she started singing the ABCs," he said. "I was just amazed how much she knows."
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Sgt. Evan Minnear, back from Iraq, killed here trying to stop gunman
When I talk about how heroes are not made, they are born, Sgt. Minnear is an example of that. The men and women serving, for the most part aside from rare few, were born to do what they do. Serve the nation. We see this when you read about how some of the fallen were when they were young. You read it in the stories of what they did when they came home as members of the National Guard and Reservists retuning to their civilian jobs, usually on police forces, as firefighters, doctors, nurses along with others never failing to show what is in their core.
Minnear died at the hands of the enemy but in this case the accused is another American. People who make a choice to commit evil acts are the enemy to those who want to help others. The huge difference is that the people who want to help, wish the others no harm but will do what it takes to stop them. Too often that comes with the price of their own lives.
Just-released felon arrested in death of MP
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Dec 2, 2008 15:56:26 EST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Army military police officer survived 15 months in Iraq, but it was the Anchorage streets that claimed his life.
Authorities say Army Sgt. Evan Minnear died at the hands of a convicted felon who had been out of jail 16 days and was not supposed to be carrying a firearm.
They believe 26-year-old Vongdeuane Vongthongdy killed Minnear outside the Woodshed Lounge in downtown Anchorage on Sunday.
Vongthongdy was already on probation for the felony assault with a weapon during the shooting.
But police said that day, he stood outside the bar brandishing a semiautomatic weapon and fired the gun into the air. Police said witnesses told them how Minnear was simply trying to instill calm and implore Vongthongdy to stay in the area until police arrived.
Instead the 24-year-old Minnear was shot in the upper torso and died several hours after being rushed to a local hospital.
A surveillance camera posted in the captured some of what happened around 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Wentzville soldier dies at military base in Iraq
Wentzville soldier dies at military base in Iraq
By Tim Bryant
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
09/16/2008
A military police officer who grew up in Wentzville and joined the Army when he was 33 has died in a noncombat shooting in Iraq, his wife said Monday.
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel R. Sexton, 53, died Wednesday at Joint Base Balad, the Army said. He had been assigned since June 2004 to the 164th Military Police Company at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
A Fort Richardson spokesman did not provide details of the fatality but Sexton's wife, Tori, said her husband was the victim of an accidental shooting. She added that the Army had yet to provide her with much information about his death, which remains under investigation.
Before his assignment to Fort Richardson, Sexton had been attached to several Army posts, including Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. He was a veteran of the Persian Gulf War.
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By Tim Bryant
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
09/16/2008
A military police officer who grew up in Wentzville and joined the Army when he was 33 has died in a noncombat shooting in Iraq, his wife said Monday.
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel R. Sexton, 53, died Wednesday at Joint Base Balad, the Army said. He had been assigned since June 2004 to the 164th Military Police Company at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
A Fort Richardson spokesman did not provide details of the fatality but Sexton's wife, Tori, said her husband was the victim of an accidental shooting. She added that the Army had yet to provide her with much information about his death, which remains under investigation.
Before his assignment to Fort Richardson, Sexton had been attached to several Army posts, including Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. He was a veteran of the Persian Gulf War.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Sgt. Errol M. James, Non-combat death in Afghanistan
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Errol M. James, 29, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, died Aug. 4 at Forward Operating Base Torkham, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 527th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, Grafenwoehr, Germany.
The incident is under investigation.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Soldier returns to Saugus just in time for 4th
Alyssa Carmody with her husband SPC Jason Carmody. The soldier arrived at Camp Curtis Guild Wednesday with his National Guard military police unit 972 after serving for a year in Iraq.
Soldier returns to Saugus just in time for 4th
By Chris Stevens / The Daily Item
SAUGUS - Families across America will barbeque for the holiday weekend but few celebrations will be as meaningful as the Carmody family's, who will gather to welcome home SPC Jason Carmody.
Carmody has been serving with the Military Police in Iraq the past year. Alyssa Carmody, his wife of two years, admitted she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard he had touched down stateside. She was, however, beside herself Tuesday knowing she would see Jason soon-even if she didn't know exactly when.
"It's been a rollercoaster," she said. "I stand by his decision (to go) and I'm very proud."
A civilian dispatcher with the police department, Carmody along with Patrolman Anthony Gaieski returned home to Fort Dix last week and returned to Saugus Wednesday.
Alyssa said Thursday that her husband still had to go to Camp Curtis in Wakefield to fill out additional paperwork but would be home for the Fourth of July celebration that will include several family barbeques.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Army Spc. Mary Jane Jaenichen loved family, country and Elmo
Army Spc. Mary Jane Jaenichen, 20, Temecula; military police officer dies of noncombat-related injury
By Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 17, 2008
Mary Jane Jaenichen served for four years in the Marine Corps ROTC at El Camino High School in Oceanside. She loved the beach and hanging out with friends but, especially, she loved the drill team.
When instructors yelled questions and the team shouted back, Jaenichen, who was about 5 feet 3, "would always scream loud," said her friend Emily Ricci. "And everyone would laugh because she was so short and skinny. But she had so much power behind her voice."
It is the memory of that enthusiasm, of a young woman with a soft heart and a strong will, that her friends and family now treasure.
Jaenichen, 20, died of a noncombat-related injury May 9 in Iskandariya, Iraq, south of Baghdad, according to the Department of Defense, which has not released details of an ongoing investigation. It was her only tour of Iraq.
The 2006 graduate had signed up for the Army Reserve at age 17 with the promise of a military-funded college education. She attended boot camp between her junior and senior years.
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By Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 17, 2008
Mary Jane Jaenichen served for four years in the Marine Corps ROTC at El Camino High School in Oceanside. She loved the beach and hanging out with friends but, especially, she loved the drill team.
When instructors yelled questions and the team shouted back, Jaenichen, who was about 5 feet 3, "would always scream loud," said her friend Emily Ricci. "And everyone would laugh because she was so short and skinny. But she had so much power behind her voice."
It is the memory of that enthusiasm, of a young woman with a soft heart and a strong will, that her friends and family now treasure.
Jaenichen, 20, died of a noncombat-related injury May 9 in Iskandariya, Iraq, south of Baghdad, according to the Department of Defense, which has not released details of an ongoing investigation. It was her only tour of Iraq.
The 2006 graduate had signed up for the Army Reserve at age 17 with the promise of a military-funded college education. She attended boot camp between her junior and senior years.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nujaenichen15-2008jun17,0,7296434.story
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