Parents Reveal Secret Attempts to Free US Soldier
By ANNE GEARAN AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON May 10, 2012 (AP)
Frustrated by what they said are stalled efforts to free a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, the man's parents have gone public with previously secret U.S. attempts to trade him for Taliban prisoners in U.S. hands.
Bob Bergdahl and his wife, Jani Bergdahl, said in interviews that they are concerned the U.S. government hasn't done enough to secure the release of their son, 26-year-old Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
"There is a dynamic here that has to change," Bob Bergdahl said in an interview with the Idaho Mountain Express. "Everybody is frustrated with how slowly the process has evolved."
Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, was captured in June 2009 and is believed held by the Haqqani network, an insurgent group affiliated with the Taliban, probably somewhere in Pakistan. He is the subject of a proposed prisoner swap in which the Obama administration would allow the transfer of five Taliban prisoners long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Fort Bragg female soldier Kelli Bordeaux still missing
Fort Bragg soldier disappears after night out
By Martha Waggoner
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday May 6, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. — Kelli Bordeaux took a break from life as a soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., to do what many 20-somethings do on a Friday night: Maybe have a few drinks, play pool and belt out some songs at a local karaoke night.
Three weeks later, the 23-year-old woman still hasn’t come home. Investigators say phone calls and text messages show nothing out of the ordinary happened that night. Their only lead? She left the bar with a man who is a registered sex offender and swears he had nothing to do with her disappearance.
Now her relatives, some of whom came to Fayetteville for the first couple weeks of the investigation and searches, have returned home, where they wait for the phone to ring with the good news that Bordeaux has been found.
“It just feels like it’s been an eternity already,” said Matt Henson, the older brother of the missing private first class.
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By Martha Waggoner
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday May 6, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. — Kelli Bordeaux took a break from life as a soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., to do what many 20-somethings do on a Friday night: Maybe have a few drinks, play pool and belt out some songs at a local karaoke night.
Three weeks later, the 23-year-old woman still hasn’t come home. Investigators say phone calls and text messages show nothing out of the ordinary happened that night. Their only lead? She left the bar with a man who is a registered sex offender and swears he had nothing to do with her disappearance.
Now her relatives, some of whom came to Fayetteville for the first couple weeks of the investigation and searches, have returned home, where they wait for the phone to ring with the good news that Bordeaux has been found.
“It just feels like it’s been an eternity already,” said Matt Henson, the older brother of the missing private first class.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Police still have named no suspect in disappearance of Kelli Bordeaux
Missing soldier’s mom, husband ‘keeping hope alive’
Police still have named no suspect in disappearance of Kelli Bordeaux, 23
By Scott Stump
TODAY.com contributor
updated 5/2/2012
More than two weeks since the disappearance of 23-year-old Army combat medic Kelli Bordeaux, police have not named any suspects or produced any concrete leads — but her mother is still holding out hope for her safe return.
Johnna Henson, the mother of Pfc. Bordeaux, spoke with TODAY Wednesday along with the missing soldier’s husband, Mike, as the search for Kelli continues. She was last seen April 14 at Froggy Bottoms bar in Fayetteville, N.C., and was reported missing on April 16 when she did not report for duty at nearby Fort Bragg.
“Until I know differently from Detective Locklear or the Fayetteville Police Department, I am definitely keeping hope alive,’’ Henson told Savannah Guthrie, referring to Fayetteville detective Jeff Locklear. “She’s a wonderful young lady, and she needs to be with her family.’’
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Police still have named no suspect in disappearance of Kelli Bordeaux, 23
By Scott Stump
TODAY.com contributor
updated 5/2/2012
More than two weeks since the disappearance of 23-year-old Army combat medic Kelli Bordeaux, police have not named any suspects or produced any concrete leads — but her mother is still holding out hope for her safe return.
Johnna Henson, the mother of Pfc. Bordeaux, spoke with TODAY Wednesday along with the missing soldier’s husband, Mike, as the search for Kelli continues. She was last seen April 14 at Froggy Bottoms bar in Fayetteville, N.C., and was reported missing on April 16 when she did not report for duty at nearby Fort Bragg.
“Until I know differently from Detective Locklear or the Fayetteville Police Department, I am definitely keeping hope alive,’’ Henson told Savannah Guthrie, referring to Fayetteville detective Jeff Locklear. “She’s a wonderful young lady, and she needs to be with her family.’’
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux's family hanging onto hope
Family of missing soldier holding on to hope
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
The brother of a Fort Bragg soldier who has been missing for a week said Friday that the family remains confident that she is alive and will be found, despite the fact that police have no good leads in her disappearance.
"There is no doubt in my mind that we are going to find her alive," said Matt Henson of his sister, Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux.
Last Friday, Bordeaux, 23, of St. Cloud, Fla., was last seen around 1:20 a.m. leaving a bar on Ramsey Street in Fayetteville called Froggy Bottoms.
Officials at Fort Bragg reported her missing to Fayetteville police on Monday, when she didn't show up for duty.
Investigators were searching the area near the bar and interviewing patrons on Friday after a two-day search of a pond about 8 miles away, which was prompted by a tip, turned up nothing.
Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine said that detectives are still treating Bordeaux's disappearance as an active missing person's case but that they have "grave concerns" about her well-being.
A man who told police that he gave Bordeaux a ride home from the bar was arrested Friday on a charge of failing to provide his new address to Cumberland County authorities because he is a registered sex offender.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
The brother of a Fort Bragg soldier who has been missing for a week said Friday that the family remains confident that she is alive and will be found, despite the fact that police have no good leads in her disappearance.
"There is no doubt in my mind that we are going to find her alive," said Matt Henson of his sister, Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux.
Last Friday, Bordeaux, 23, of St. Cloud, Fla., was last seen around 1:20 a.m. leaving a bar on Ramsey Street in Fayetteville called Froggy Bottoms.
Officials at Fort Bragg reported her missing to Fayetteville police on Monday, when she didn't show up for duty.
Investigators were searching the area near the bar and interviewing patrons on Friday after a two-day search of a pond about 8 miles away, which was prompted by a tip, turned up nothing.
Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine said that detectives are still treating Bordeaux's disappearance as an active missing person's case but that they have "grave concerns" about her well-being.
A man who told police that he gave Bordeaux a ride home from the bar was arrested Friday on a charge of failing to provide his new address to Cumberland County authorities because he is a registered sex offender.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Female Fort Bragg Soldier missing
Fort Bragg soldier reported missing
By the CNN Wire Staff
Tue April 17, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: GI's mother said she was told daughter got out of car
The soldier got a ride home, according to a U.S. Army official
The female GI sent a text message saying "got home safely," the official says
Missing woman's sister pleads for her safe return
(CNN) -- A missing Fort Bragg, North Carolina, soldier may be in danger, police said Tuesday. The GI's sister tearfully called for her safe return.
Army Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux, 23, left a bar, Froggy Bottoms, early Saturday, Fayetteville police said in a news release. The GI had been drinking and was given a ride home by a bar employee, according to a U.S. Army official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
At some point, Bordeaux sent two text messages, according to the Army official. One said, "got home safely." The official didn't know who the text was sent to or the contents of the other text.
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By the CNN Wire Staff
Tue April 17, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: GI's mother said she was told daughter got out of car
The soldier got a ride home, according to a U.S. Army official
The female GI sent a text message saying "got home safely," the official says
Missing woman's sister pleads for her safe return
(CNN) -- A missing Fort Bragg, North Carolina, soldier may be in danger, police said Tuesday. The GI's sister tearfully called for her safe return.
Army Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux, 23, left a bar, Froggy Bottoms, early Saturday, Fayetteville police said in a news release. The GI had been drinking and was given a ride home by a bar employee, according to a U.S. Army official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
At some point, Bordeaux sent two text messages, according to the Army official. One said, "got home safely." The official didn't know who the text was sent to or the contents of the other text.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
4 Bliss soldiers believed missing in N.M.
UPDATE
1 missing Bliss soldier contacts search crews
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 3, 2012
MOGOLLON, N.M. — New Mexico state police say one of the Fort Bliss soldiers believed to be missing after a weekend kayak trip has contacted search crews. Lt. Robert McDonald said Tuesday that Sgt. Nicholas Mummert walked out to searchers late Monday. read more here
1 missing Bliss soldier contacts search crews
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 3, 2012
MOGOLLON, N.M. — New Mexico state police say one of the Fort Bliss soldiers believed to be missing after a weekend kayak trip has contacted search crews. Lt. Robert McDonald said Tuesday that Sgt. Nicholas Mummert walked out to searchers late Monday. read more here
4 Bliss soldiers believed missing in N.M.
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 2, 2012
MOGOLLON, N.M. — Officials at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, say a search has been launched for four soldiers and a civilian believed missing after a weekend kayak trip on Mogollon Creek in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest. Military officials say Spc. Alton Weber and Sgt. Nicholas Mummert were confirmed overdue Monday morning. Two other soldiers as well as a civilian, identified as Angelica Gonzalez from El Paso, are believed to be missing with the men. read more here
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Fort Sill soldier missing since 2005 remains found in shallow grave
Body found in Texas identified as Sill soldier
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Mar 13, 2012 14:47:43 EDT
PETROLIA, Texas — Authorities said human remains found in a shallow grave in rural North Texas are those of a missing Army soldier, five years after they think he was killed.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday said Spc. Jose Ramirez of El Centro, Calif., was found early last month outside a home near Petrolia, just south of the Texas-Oklahoma border. Authorities were called to the home after an anonymous tipster contacted them about an unsolved murder.
According to a criminal complaint, authorities found bullet holes in a bedroom wall and blood stains in a hallway. A day later, they searched the area around the home and found a human skull with bullet marks as well as a pair of shorts with the word “Army,” the complaint said.
Authorities charged 30-year-old Justin Green with first-degree murder in February. Green, who once lived in the home where the bullet holes were found, remains in jail on $1 million bond and will appear in court Monday. His attorney did not return a phone message.
Ramirez was 22 when he was reported missing from Fort Sill, Okla., in December 2005, a military spokesman said. Ramirez’s family in California could not be reached.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Mar 13, 2012 14:47:43 EDT
PETROLIA, Texas — Authorities said human remains found in a shallow grave in rural North Texas are those of a missing Army soldier, five years after they think he was killed.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday said Spc. Jose Ramirez of El Centro, Calif., was found early last month outside a home near Petrolia, just south of the Texas-Oklahoma border. Authorities were called to the home after an anonymous tipster contacted them about an unsolved murder.
According to a criminal complaint, authorities found bullet holes in a bedroom wall and blood stains in a hallway. A day later, they searched the area around the home and found a human skull with bullet marks as well as a pair of shorts with the word “Army,” the complaint said.
Authorities charged 30-year-old Justin Green with first-degree murder in February. Green, who once lived in the home where the bullet holes were found, remains in jail on $1 million bond and will appear in court Monday. His attorney did not return a phone message.
Ramirez was 22 when he was reported missing from Fort Sill, Okla., in December 2005, a military spokesman said. Ramirez’s family in California could not be reached.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Police searching for Fort Drum soldier after chase
Search for W. Va. soldier who led NY cops on chase
Associated Press
RICHFIELD, N.Y. — A 20-year-old soldier believed to be armed and despondent remains on the run since he escaped from military custody and led police on a multi-county car chase in central New York, police said Friday.
State Trooper Jack Keller said there had been no confirmed sightings of Russell C. Marcum as of Friday afternoon. He said police using dogs and helicopters had broadened the territory they were searching for the camouflage-clad soldier from West Virginia, who they think has a handgun and might be suicidal.
Marcum's parents had just bailed him out of a Jefferson County jail where he was held on a burglary charge when he assaulted a soldier escorting him back to Fort Drum on Thursday night and escaped in his parents' SUV, Keller said. A chase through Madison, Oneida and Otsego counties ended when police damaged the car tires with a spike strip. Marcum then ran into woods near Richfield Springs, south of Utica.
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RICHFIELD, N.Y. — A 20-year-old soldier believed to be armed and despondent remains on the run since he escaped from military custody and led police on a multi-county car chase in central New York, police said Friday.
State Trooper Jack Keller said there had been no confirmed sightings of Russell C. Marcum as of Friday afternoon. He said police using dogs and helicopters had broadened the territory they were searching for the camouflage-clad soldier from West Virginia, who they think has a handgun and might be suicidal.
Marcum's parents had just bailed him out of a Jefferson County jail where he was held on a burglary charge when he assaulted a soldier escorting him back to Fort Drum on Thursday night and escaped in his parents' SUV, Keller said. A chase through Madison, Oneida and Otsego counties ended when police damaged the car tires with a spike strip. Marcum then ran into woods near Richfield Springs, south of Utica.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Missing soldier listed as "deserter" while people still search for him
Volunteers plan Sunday search for missing Dugway soldier, now listed as a deserter
Published: Friday, June 24, 2011 3:51 p.m. MDT
By Steve Fidel, Deseret News
DUGWAY — Volunteers are planning a search on Sunday for Army Spc. Joseph Bushling, assigned to Dugway Proving Ground, who has been missing since Mother's Day.
The search is being coordinated on an open Facebook page under Bushling's name.
"I've been taken by this story and I'm familiar with the area a little. We're hoping for ATVs, casual or intermediate hikers and anybody else available," said search coordinator Adam Lux. "Please tell friends, family and spouses to join us and some of the Bushling family."
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Volunteers plan Sunday search for missing Dugway soldier
Published: Friday, June 24, 2011 3:51 p.m. MDT
By Steve Fidel, Deseret News
DUGWAY — Volunteers are planning a search on Sunday for Army Spc. Joseph Bushling, assigned to Dugway Proving Ground, who has been missing since Mother's Day.
The search is being coordinated on an open Facebook page under Bushling's name.
"I've been taken by this story and I'm familiar with the area a little. We're hoping for ATVs, casual or intermediate hikers and anybody else available," said search coordinator Adam Lux. "Please tell friends, family and spouses to join us and some of the Bushling family."
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Volunteers plan Sunday search for missing Dugway soldier
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Search ends for missing soldier Spc. Joseph Bushling
Search ends for missing soldier
Story date: June 15, 2011
Parents seek closure in Joseph Bushling’s May 8 disappearance
By Whitney Snipes
government@couriernews.com
After an effort Sunday didn’t turn up any further clues, the search for a missing Russellville man has again been called off.
Army Spc. Joseph Bushling has been missing in Tooele County, Utah, since May 8. He was last heard from during an early-morning phone call to a fellow soldier, in which he said he had been walking around looking for cell service and had to tie his T-shirt around his feet as makeshift shoes when his sandals broke, according to Joseph’s father, Kevin Bushling.
A blurry photo showed a vehicle that looked like the one Joseph had borrowed from a friend leaving the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, where Joseph was stationed, shortly after 3:30 a.m. May 8. He was scheduled to fly to Fort Carson, Colo., later that day.
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Search ends for missing soldier
Story date: June 15, 2011
Parents seek closure in Joseph Bushling’s May 8 disappearance
By Whitney Snipes
government@couriernews.com
After an effort Sunday didn’t turn up any further clues, the search for a missing Russellville man has again been called off.
Army Spc. Joseph Bushling has been missing in Tooele County, Utah, since May 8. He was last heard from during an early-morning phone call to a fellow soldier, in which he said he had been walking around looking for cell service and had to tie his T-shirt around his feet as makeshift shoes when his sandals broke, according to Joseph’s father, Kevin Bushling.
A blurry photo showed a vehicle that looked like the one Joseph had borrowed from a friend leaving the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, where Joseph was stationed, shortly after 3:30 a.m. May 8. He was scheduled to fly to Fort Carson, Colo., later that day.
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Search ends for missing soldier
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Search resumes for Utah soldier missing in desert
Search resumes for Utah soldier missing in desert
BY LYNN DEBRUIN
The Associated Press
Jun 11, 2011 11:19PM
Kevin Bushling marked his oldest son’s 27th birthday last week at home, curtains closed, reflecting on happier times. Now he’s bracing for a Father’s Day spent believing both his boys are dead — the youngest by suicide last year and the other, an Army soldier, missing for more than a month in the remote Utah desert.
Authorities were planning to search again Sunday for Army Spc. Joseph Bushling, who disappeared May 8 from the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground after telephoning a fellow soldier to tell him he was out of gas, cold and walking without shoes, according to a sheriff’s document.
The Dugway site was established in 1942 to study chemical and biological warfare and covers nearly 800,000 acres in the desert along the Nevada border. About 850 people live on the isolated base.
Bushling’s father fears the worst — that his son died of exposure or possibly that he stumbled upon unexploded munitions or even mustard gas. He fears the Army may be hiding something. Dugway officials deny any such assertion.
“I am glad they are still searching,” Kevin Bushling said from his home in Russellville, Ark. He said he was shocked to learn several weeks ago that the search had been called off but is pleased with the resumption.
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Search resumes for Utah soldier missing in desert
BY LYNN DEBRUIN
The Associated Press
Jun 11, 2011 11:19PM
Kevin Bushling marked his oldest son’s 27th birthday last week at home, curtains closed, reflecting on happier times. Now he’s bracing for a Father’s Day spent believing both his boys are dead — the youngest by suicide last year and the other, an Army soldier, missing for more than a month in the remote Utah desert.
Authorities were planning to search again Sunday for Army Spc. Joseph Bushling, who disappeared May 8 from the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground after telephoning a fellow soldier to tell him he was out of gas, cold and walking without shoes, according to a sheriff’s document.
The Dugway site was established in 1942 to study chemical and biological warfare and covers nearly 800,000 acres in the desert along the Nevada border. About 850 people live on the isolated base.
Bushling’s father fears the worst — that his son died of exposure or possibly that he stumbled upon unexploded munitions or even mustard gas. He fears the Army may be hiding something. Dugway officials deny any such assertion.
“I am glad they are still searching,” Kevin Bushling said from his home in Russellville, Ark. He said he was shocked to learn several weeks ago that the search had been called off but is pleased with the resumption.
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Search resumes for Utah soldier missing in desert
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Dugway soldier now missing 1 month
Dugway soldier now missing 1 month
Published: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
By Steve Fidel, Deseret News
DUGWAY — One month has passed since Army Spc. Joseph Bushling disappeared from his duty station at Dugway Proving Ground on May 8.
The biggest update in the search for him came six days later when the borrowed car he was driving was found in a ravine off a gravel road some distance from the military post. Some distance away, Bushling's hat was also found.
But that is the only substantive update officials have talked about since.
Tooele County Search and Rescue has a search planned Sunday, according to the Sheriff Doug Park. Dugway spokeswoman Paula Thomas said Wednesday that Dugway personnel would assist in a county-led search.
"Soldiers and civilians may search any time on non-duty hours," she added. "There are no new findings to report from Dugway."
Bushling's parents live in Russellville, Ark., and Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., has weighed in on behalf of the family and spoke Wednesday with Dugway commander Col. William E. King IV.
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Dugway soldier now missing 1 month
Published: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
By Steve Fidel, Deseret News
DUGWAY — One month has passed since Army Spc. Joseph Bushling disappeared from his duty station at Dugway Proving Ground on May 8.
The biggest update in the search for him came six days later when the borrowed car he was driving was found in a ravine off a gravel road some distance from the military post. Some distance away, Bushling's hat was also found.
But that is the only substantive update officials have talked about since.
Tooele County Search and Rescue has a search planned Sunday, according to the Sheriff Doug Park. Dugway spokeswoman Paula Thomas said Wednesday that Dugway personnel would assist in a county-led search.
"Soldiers and civilians may search any time on non-duty hours," she added. "There are no new findings to report from Dugway."
Bushling's parents live in Russellville, Ark., and Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., has weighed in on behalf of the family and spoke Wednesday with Dugway commander Col. William E. King IV.
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Dugway soldier now missing 1 month
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Father joins search for soldier missing in Utah
Father joins search for soldier missing in Utah
By Lynn DeBruin - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 17, 2011 18:29:29 EDT
SALT LAKE CITY — Army Spc. Joseph Michael Bushling had a tough year following his recent divorce and the 2010 suicide of his younger brother, but was looking forward to a new post in Texas and a career as a nurse. He’s now missing somewhere in Utah’s western desert.
His father, Kevin Bushling, had planned a trip this week to see his son, who was stationed at the U.S. Army’s remote Dugway Proving Ground. The site was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 to study chemical and biological warfare and covers 798,214 acres in the desert along the Nevada border.
Instead, Bushling will fly out from his home in Arkansas to collect his son’s things. A weeklong search has now been suspended indefinitely.
“I’m very worried. I really am,” Kevin Bushling said Tuesday. “Yesterday was my wife’s birthday. He went missing on Mother’s Day. It’s really been a difficult time.”
Bushling disappeared May 8 after calling a friend to report he had run out of gas. His vehicle was found Saturday about 60 miles southwest of the facility’s main gate. His Arkansas Razorbacks hat was found Monday about six miles from his abandoned car, but searchers have since turned up nothing else.
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Father joins search for soldier missing in Utah
By Lynn DeBruin - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 17, 2011 18:29:29 EDT
SALT LAKE CITY — Army Spc. Joseph Michael Bushling had a tough year following his recent divorce and the 2010 suicide of his younger brother, but was looking forward to a new post in Texas and a career as a nurse. He’s now missing somewhere in Utah’s western desert.
His father, Kevin Bushling, had planned a trip this week to see his son, who was stationed at the U.S. Army’s remote Dugway Proving Ground. The site was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 to study chemical and biological warfare and covers 798,214 acres in the desert along the Nevada border.
Instead, Bushling will fly out from his home in Arkansas to collect his son’s things. A weeklong search has now been suspended indefinitely.
“I’m very worried. I really am,” Kevin Bushling said Tuesday. “Yesterday was my wife’s birthday. He went missing on Mother’s Day. It’s really been a difficult time.”
Bushling disappeared May 8 after calling a friend to report he had run out of gas. His vehicle was found Saturday about 60 miles southwest of the facility’s main gate. His Arkansas Razorbacks hat was found Monday about six miles from his abandoned car, but searchers have since turned up nothing else.
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Father joins search for soldier missing in Utah
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Mystery surrounds soldier’s disappearance
Photo courtesy of Bushling family Army Spc. Joseph Bushling, 26, seen here in a recent photograph, has not been heard from since May 8 when he called a friend to say his car ran out of gas 40 miles from Dugway Proving Ground where he was assigned.Mystery surrounds soldier’s disappearance
BY NATE CARLISLE
The Salt Lake Tribune
First published May 14 2011 01:52PM
Updated 7 hours ago
Army Spc. Joseph Bushling was days away from starting training to be a nurse.
“He had a career path in mind,” said his father, Kevin Bushling.
That path veered May 8 when Joseph Bushling vanished near Dugway Proving Ground in Tooele County. The elder Bushling wonders if his son is the victim of foul play.
“This is just totally out of character for him,” Kevin Bushling said. “This is nothing he would have done.”
Kevin Bushling said he has no evidence of something nefarious and there were no threats against or concerns for his son before his disappearance. But Kevin Bushling does not know how else to explain his son’s absence.
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Mystery surrounds soldier’s disappearance
Monday, May 9, 2011
Father of captured Idaho National Guard Private silent no more
Father makes heartbreaking YouTube to Taliban who have held his soldier son hostage for two years
By OLIVER PICKUP
The father of an American soldier who was captured by the Taliban nearly two years ago has made a heartbreaking plea to his captors in the hope that they will release his son.
Bowe Bergdahl from Sun Valley, Idaho, went missing in June 2009 while on duty in Afghanistan's Paktika province, and now Robert has politely asked whether Pakistan - where he thinks his son is - forces will let him go.
The 25-year-old has been in the captivity of the Taliban supporting Haqqani network and four videos have been released showing the soldier begging for help - and being 'exploited' in the eyes of his father.
In the 23 months since their son went missing his parents have remained out of the public eye, until now, following the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Robert Bergdahl has posted the humble and respectful three-minute appeal on YouTube in the hope that 'this video may be played to our only son'.
From the family in Hailey, Idaho, he addresses the Taliban and the Haqqani network, and begins the film - posted on May 6 - by saying: 'These are my thoughts - I can remain silent no longer.
Read more: Father makes heartbreaking YouTube to Taliban
By OLIVER PICKUP
The father of an American soldier who was captured by the Taliban nearly two years ago has made a heartbreaking plea to his captors in the hope that they will release his son.
Bowe Bergdahl from Sun Valley, Idaho, went missing in June 2009 while on duty in Afghanistan's Paktika province, and now Robert has politely asked whether Pakistan - where he thinks his son is - forces will let him go.
The 25-year-old has been in the captivity of the Taliban supporting Haqqani network and four videos have been released showing the soldier begging for help - and being 'exploited' in the eyes of his father.
In the 23 months since their son went missing his parents have remained out of the public eye, until now, following the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Robert Bergdahl has posted the humble and respectful three-minute appeal on YouTube in the hope that 'this video may be played to our only son'.
From the family in Hailey, Idaho, he addresses the Taliban and the Haqqani network, and begins the film - posted on May 6 - by saying: 'These are my thoughts - I can remain silent no longer.
Read more: Father makes heartbreaking YouTube to Taliban
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Missing Iraq Veteran Jerry Beck Showed Signs of PTSD
Wife: Missing Iraq Veteran Jerry Beck Showed Signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Jennifer Beck said she last saw her husband April 26 at their home in Georgia. His abandoned car was tagged April 27, and linked to him three days later, after being found on Interstate 75, beneath the Leroy Selmon Crosstown Expressway.
By Linda Chion Kenney
Uncertainty, fear and anger overshadow the life of Jennifer Beck as she awaits word — any word — about her missing husband, U.S. Army Specialist Jerry James Beck, whose green Toyota Corolla was found abandoned on Interstate 75, underneath the Leroy Selmon Crosstown Expressway outside of Greater Brandon.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is treating this disappearance as a missing-person case and is seeking the public’s help. So are police in Hinesville, Ga., near Savannah, where Beck, 35, was stationed at Fort Stewart.
Beck’s car was first spotted by Road Rangers for the Florida Department of Transportation, who tagged the car as abandoned on April 27, one day after Beck’s disappearance and the same day Jennifer Beck reported him missing.
It wasn’t until April 30 that the car was linked to Jerry Beck, who used to live in Florida and has friends in the Tampa Bay area.
Missing Iraq Veteran Jerry Beck
Jennifer Beck said she last saw her husband April 26 at their home in Georgia. His abandoned car was tagged April 27, and linked to him three days later, after being found on Interstate 75, beneath the Leroy Selmon Crosstown Expressway.
By Linda Chion Kenney
Uncertainty, fear and anger overshadow the life of Jennifer Beck as she awaits word — any word — about her missing husband, U.S. Army Specialist Jerry James Beck, whose green Toyota Corolla was found abandoned on Interstate 75, underneath the Leroy Selmon Crosstown Expressway outside of Greater Brandon.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is treating this disappearance as a missing-person case and is seeking the public’s help. So are police in Hinesville, Ga., near Savannah, where Beck, 35, was stationed at Fort Stewart.
Beck’s car was first spotted by Road Rangers for the Florida Department of Transportation, who tagged the car as abandoned on April 27, one day after Beck’s disappearance and the same day Jennifer Beck reported him missing.
It wasn’t until April 30 that the car was linked to Jerry Beck, who used to live in Florida and has friends in the Tampa Bay area.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200. Or, the Hinesville Police Department at 912-368-8215.read more here
Missing Iraq Veteran Jerry Beck
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Soldier Escapes William Beaumont Army Medical Center?
UPDATE 3/24/11
Soldier found
Police called off the search for a soldier? The same soldier Army officials thought it was so important to get him to the medical center, they escorted him there? How much of this story makes sense?
Soldier found
Police called off the search for a soldier? The same soldier Army officials thought it was so important to get him to the medical center, they escorted him there? How much of this story makes sense?
Police Call Off Search For Soldier Who Fled From William Beaumont Medical Center
Soldier Escapes William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Monica Balderrama-KFOX News Reporter
Posted: 5:15 pm MDT March 22, 2011
Updated: 10:45 pm MDT March 22, 2011
EL PASO, Texas -- A Fort Bliss soldier who was about to get treated for a medical condition at William Beaumont Army Medical Center runs away from his chain of command. El Paso police have called off their search, but the soldier is still missing.
Police were called to the area near McKelligan Canyon and Alabama Street around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to help search for a soldier who is accused of running from his chain of command.
"It's kinda scary. There was a brown car that was parked all crazy here," said northeast El Paso resident Erika Porras.
Porras saw the commotion in her neighborhood and she became worried.
Fort Bliss officials said Army officials were escorting the soldier to a doctor's appointment at William Beaumont Army Medical Center.
"He was escorted by a unit leader because we care and want to ensure our soldiers make their medical appointments," said Mayor Myles Caggins, the spokesperson for Fort Bliss.
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Soldier Escapes William Beaumont Army Medical Centerl
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Soldier still missing, last location was Flathead Valley
Soldier still missing, last location was Flathead Valley
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 9:46 AM by Katy Harris (Kalispell)
The parents of missing U.S. soldier Noah Pippin are desperate to find their son, who was last seen in the Flathead Valley back in August.
Some new details are coming out as to why they believe he wasn't alone when he disappeared.
Noah was last seen in August. He grew up in Michigan and completed three combat tours in Iraq, and was driving home to Michigan before preparing to deploy again to Afghanistan.
Flathead County Sheriff's Department Detective Pat Walsh tracked him as far as a Hungry Horse hotel. They also traced a notebook with directions to an area just outside Glacier National Park.
Mike Pippen, Noah's father, says after Montana's News Station first aired the story in November, he received an anonymous tip from someone in Missoula claiming they saw Noah outside a bar with a woman.
If you have any information that may help authorities, or have seen Noah Pippin, call Mike Pippin at 231-883-1445 or Flathead County Detective Pat Walsh at 406-758-5600.
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Soldier still missing, last location was Flathead Valley
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 9:46 AM by Katy Harris (Kalispell)
The parents of missing U.S. soldier Noah Pippin are desperate to find their son, who was last seen in the Flathead Valley back in August.
Some new details are coming out as to why they believe he wasn't alone when he disappeared.
Noah was last seen in August. He grew up in Michigan and completed three combat tours in Iraq, and was driving home to Michigan before preparing to deploy again to Afghanistan.
Flathead County Sheriff's Department Detective Pat Walsh tracked him as far as a Hungry Horse hotel. They also traced a notebook with directions to an area just outside Glacier National Park.
Mike Pippen, Noah's father, says after Montana's News Station first aired the story in November, he received an anonymous tip from someone in Missoula claiming they saw Noah outside a bar with a woman.
If you have any information that may help authorities, or have seen Noah Pippin, call Mike Pippin at 231-883-1445 or Flathead County Detective Pat Walsh at 406-758-5600.
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Soldier still missing, last location was Flathead Valley
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Soldier jumps from Tacoma Narrows bridge, swims away
This soldier pulled over to the side of the bridge. According to the officer, he was drunk. Did he pull over to sleep it off so that no one got hurt? What he was thinking, we may never know but somewhere there is a soldier who vanished after jumping off a bridge. Somewhere there is a family terrified the worst happened to someone they love.
Soldier jumps from Tacoma Narrows bridge
POSTED BY MIKE ARCHBOLD ON DECEMBER 20, 2010 AT 12:17 PM
A 25-year-old soldier from jumped off the eastbound Narrows bridge early this morning after talking briefly with a Washington State Patrol trooper who responded to a report of car stopped on the bridge.
Patrol spokeswoman Trooper Brandy Kessler said the trooper watched the man suddenly rush toward the railing and jump over. He saw the man face down in the water and then the man, who apparently survived the initial jump, started to swim away, she said.
“Then the trooper couldn’t see him anymore,” she said. She said th eman's name won't be released to te public.
The Tacoma Fire Department's fire boat searched the water south of the bridge where he was last seen without success. They turned the search over to the U.S. Coast Guard about 8 a.m. A Coast Guard helicopter and a 25-foot boat took up the search south of the bridge. It was suspended about 10:30 a.m., a Coast Guard spokesman said.
Kessler said they don’t know if the man, who was intoxicated, was trying to commit suicide. In his condition, she said the man might not have known where he was or even thought he could survive the jump.
Read more: Soldier jumps from Tacoma Narrows bridge
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Leaked military documents show search for soldier missing since 2009
Documents detail search for captive Idaho soldier
(AP)
BOISE, Idaho — Leaked military documents on the war in Afghanistan appear to provide details of the U.S. Army's search for an Idaho soldier captured last year by the Taliban.
Bowe Bergdahl, from Hailey, has been a captive since June 30, 2009.
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Documents detail search for captive Idaho soldier
(AP)
BOISE, Idaho — Leaked military documents on the war in Afghanistan appear to provide details of the U.S. Army's search for an Idaho soldier captured last year by the Taliban.
Bowe Bergdahl, from Hailey, has been a captive since June 30, 2009.
read more here
Documents detail search for captive Idaho soldier
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