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Military Connection: Double Standard in Petraeus Sentencing

May 6, 2015/in Government, Military, Military News

By Joe Silva

On April 23, 2015, former CIA Director and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus [U.S. Army Retired] was sentenced to a fine of $100,000 and two years of probation.

As MilitaryConnection.com has previously reported, on March 3, 2015 General Petraeus had agreed to plead guilty to the charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information. An investigation conducted by the FBI found that Petraeus had, in his possession, several personal notebooks on which he had hand-written classified information during meetings and briefings, mostly from his time in the Army. The investigation also found that for a time, these notebooks were in the possession of Petraeus biographer, Paula Broadwell, a Major in the Army Reserves, with whom Petraeus was having an affair. The FBI investigators accused the general of lying to them about not having any classified data in his possession after resigning from his position as director of the CIA in November, 2012.

As part of his plea agreement, Gen. Petraeus was facing up to one year in prison. And according to court documents, a $40,000 fine was expected to be levied. Judge David Kessler found that two years of probation were sufficient, but that a fine $100,000 better reflected the seriousness of the offense.

Many news outlets have decried the sentencing, claiming that a double standard is in place. Several articles stated that the general should have faced jail time, some even desiring a sentence beyond the one year plea deal. And to these people, I say that I absolutely agree that there IS a double standard in place.

Despite popular belief, the justice system does not necessarily exist to punish an individual for his or her transgressions. The justice system exists to keep a populace in line. So, in my opinion, there was a double standard in two areas of this case: 1). If you can afford to pay a higher fine, you can avoid jail time for many offenses. 2). Serving your country for 38 years (1974-2011 in the Army plus one year in the CIA) brought Gen. Petraeus preferential treatment. There are Veterans Courts springing up all over the country that are considering a Veteran’s service in regards to their legal issues. This, too, is a double standard, but I am not against it.

Unlike the angry mob, I personally feel that I can live with existence of these particular double standards, in the same way that I can still respectfully refer to the shamed individual as “General” and not “mister” like other articles did. But mine is just one Veteran’s opinion.

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Military Connection: Double Standard in Petraeus Sentencing: By Joe Silva

Military Connection: Not In My Squad

May 5, 2015/in Archived Blogs

By Debbie Gregory.

With sexual assault and sexual harassment threatening the strength, readiness and morale of the U.S. military, the Army’s senior non-commissioned officer has announced an initiative to rid the ranks of these problems.

The zero tolerance policy, “‘Not in my squad’ is a promise that each leader must take in order to care for those in his or her charge, according to Daniel A. Dailey, Sgt. Major of the Army. He stated, “‘Not in my squad’ is about junior leaders taking ownership of solutions.”

According to the Department of Defense (DOD), tens of thousands of unwanted sexual contacts occur in the military every year, yet only a fraction of those get reported. Military sexual violence impacts both men and women. More than half of all incidents of sexual violence happen to men. While rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment are strongly associated with a wide range of mental health conditions for both men and women veterans, they are the leading causes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among women veterans.

The way that “Not in my Squad?” will work is that division-level and corps sergeants major will identify their best squad leaders, selecting a diverse group of 32 squad leaders from across the force. These squad leaders will discuss recommendations on how junior NCOs can build and sustain a climate of dignity, respect, trust, and inclusion.

“We are headed in the right direction to change the culture of reporting and ultimately preventing sexual assault and harassment,” Daily said. “We must remain committed to making further advances along our five lines of effort – prevention, investigation, accountability, advocacy and assessment and we must continue to work on fostering a climate where individuals are not afraid of retaliation or the stigma of reporting a crime.”

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, speaking about a video he had seen during the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) summit he attended, said, “This is really about the core of who we are and making sure everybody underneath us understands we will not tolerate these acts.”

Citing statistics outlined in the 2014 Department of Defense report to the president on sexual assault prevention and response, Dailey said the reporting of sexual assault in the Army had increased by 12 percent, a statistic he viewed as a vote of confidence.

“Not in my squad, not in our Army: we are trusted professionals, so I know all of us will join together and continue to tirelessly and tenaciously focus on the well-being, safety and dignity of our Soldiers and equally dedicated civilian corps,” Army Secretary John McHugh said.

“Sexual assault and sexual harassment shatters good order – it shatters discipline, but more than anything else it shatters the lives of our Soldiers and our larger Army family, and for all those reasons and so many more, we’ve got to do everything we can, day after day, hour after hour to stamp out sexual assault and reprisal,” McHugh said. “We have to instill trust and confidence in our Soldiers and our civilians so they know they can come forward to leaders and when they do, they won’t be victimized again.”

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Military Connection: Not In My Squad: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Looking to Dad for Inspiration

May 5, 2015/in Archived Blogs

By Debbie Gregory.

As the daughter of a retired Green Beret , Army 1^st Sgt. Sandrea Cruz understands the stress that Army service places on a soldier’s family. Born on Fort Stewart in Georgia, Cruz serves as the first sergeant of the Group Support Battalion’s Sustainment and Distribution Company in the 7^th Special Forces Group (Airborne). As the company’s senior non-commissioned officer, she is responsible for leading more than 150 men and women, specializing in logistics and supply operations in support of the group’s training and missions.

Cruz enlisted in the Army after the 9/11 terror attacks. Of her father, she said, “if there was anyone I could emulate, it would be him, because there was nothing that was unobtainable or out of reach to him in the military.”

She said her most challenging assignment came in her second duty assignment at Camp Hialeah, South Korea. With the 4^th Quartermaster Detachment (Airborne) as a newly promoted sergeant with little more than two years in the Army, Cruz was serving as the company supply sergeant and the unit’s armorer and ammunition manager. This demanding workload, coupled with her responsibility of leading both U.S. and South Korean soldiers, was the introduction of the Army’s noncommissioned officer corps.

Cruz credits Army Sgt. 1^st Class Celia Gonzalez for becoming the leader she is today.

Gonzalez, a parachute rigger by trade and the first Hispanic female to serve with the Golden Knights, was Cruz’s platoon sergeant in South Korea. Though she was not a qualified parachutist at the time, Cruz was given the opportunity to get on a C-130 aircraft and observe Gonzalez performing duties as a primary jumpmaster.

“There was something quite thrilling and inspirational about watching her rake static lines and move parachutists out of the aircraft,” Cruz said. “This motivated me to not only go to Airborne School, but eventually become a jumpmaster myself, which I never planned to do.”

Cruz is one of two women in her group serving as the senior NCO in a company, with her counterpart leading troops in the Group Support Battalion’s headquarters element. Cruz routinely performs duties as a jumpmaster, working hard to instill confidence into soldiers anxious about the inherent dangers of airborne operations.

After more than 13 years in the military, Cruz notes how much has changed culturally. She believes women have many more opportunities in the military than when she joined. They can now serve in assignments previously closed to them, which allows them to take more leading roles in the contemporary force.

Married to a Green Beret in the 7^th Group, Cruz’s husband trains and leads other Special Forces soldiers, preparing them for deployments to austere locations far away from logistics lines.

She advises younger woman in her leadership that they get what they put into their Army careers.

“Master your trade and never, never, never quit! Enough motivation, persistence and willpower will get you through everything.”

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Military Connection: Looking to Dad for Inspiration: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Chaplains Need Better Training

May 4, 2015/in Archived Blogs

By Debbie Gregory.

The number of suicides in the Army began rising in 2004, peaking at 185 deaths among those on active duty in 2012 , more than double the rate for civilians. Numbers have since declined, but when one suicide is one too many, the current numbers are unacceptable.

In a new study published by RAND, Chaplains who are part of the Army’s first line of defense against suicide say they need more training in how to prevent soldier suicides.

Although the term chaplain originally had Christian roots,^,it is generally used today in military organizations to describe all professionals specially trained to serve any spiritual need, regardless of religious affiliation. In addition to offering pastoral care to individuals, and supporting their religious rights and needs, military chaplains may also advise the executive on issues of religion, and ethics, morale and morals as affected by religion

While nearly all chaplains and chaplain assistants have dealt with suicidal soldiers, encouraging them to get help, confidentiality makes them reluctant to alert someone the chain of command. Moreover, many of them admitted that service members who seek help for suicidal thoughts are seen differently by their peers, with half saying they would be embarrassed.

Army spokeswoman Tatjana Christian said that chaplains receive instruction in suicide intervention skills during their basic officer course. But 44% of chaplains and 57% of chaplain assistants said they needed training in suicide prevention treatment.

The Action Alliance, a private-public partnership formed in 2010, noted that the annual U.S. investment of $72 million in suicide research pales by comparison with funding for other diseases that claim a similar number of American lives. Two examples cited by the group include $222 million a year for influenza research, a disease that kills 30,700 annually and $304 million in hypertension studies for an illness that claims 56,000 lives per year.

The Pentagon paid for the RAND study, which is second only to the National Institutes of Health in funding suicide research. The findings were based on a 2012 online survey in which 41% of Army chaplains participated.

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Military Connection: Chaplains Need Better Training: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: SEAL Community Mourns Two

May 4, 2015/in Military, Military News

By Debbie Gregory.

The Navy’s Special Warfare community is in mourning after two of their members died in an accident while training.

On April 24, 2015, two members of Naval Special Warfare Group 2 were found unresponsive in a swimming pool at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia. Both men were Navy SEALs conducting physical training. The two SEALs were discovered by other service members assigned to the Combat Swimmer Training Facility and were rushed to Sentara Leigh Hospital.

Special Warfare Operator (SO, the Navy rate for SEALS) First Class Petty Officer (E-6) Seth Cody Lewis passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital. SO1 Lewis was 32 years old, and originally from Queens, New York. Lewis served in the Marine Corps from 2001-2005 before enlisting into the Navy in 2006 to become a member of the SEALs. SO1 Lewis earned the Bronze Star with Combat Valor, the Purple Heart, the US Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Valor, the US Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Valor, and other campaign and service medals. He is survived by his wife, Kristy

SO1 Brett Allen Marihugh was in critical condition for two days until he, too, passed away on April 26. Marihugh was 34, from Livonia, Michigan. Like Lewis, Marihugh had previously served in the Marine Corps, from 1999 to 2003. Marihugh also enlisted in the Navy in 2006. So1 Marihugh’s awards include the Bronze Star, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon and the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V in support of the global war on terrorism. Between enlistments, Marihugh worked for Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. He is survived by his mother, Sandra Murray; father, Michael Marihugh; stepmother Zona, and sisters Sheradyn and Meghan.

Both deaths are still under investigation, but at this point, are being called accidental drownings.

Everyone who signs their enlistment contract, raises their right hand, and promises to serve their country know that there are sacrifices and risks. But this never makes it any easier when our service members– our sons, daughters, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and neighbors die. We at MilitaryConnection.com would like to send our deepest condolences to the families, comrades and friends of SO1 Lewis and SO1 Marihugh. Fair winds and following seas…

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Military Connection: SEAL Community Mourns Two: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Saying “Thank you, Soldier”

May 4, 2015/in Military, Military News

By Debbie Gregory.

Service members from all across the country have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan for more than decade. They, along with their families, have sacrificed for our freedom. When they transition back to civilian life, many of them may face issues such as unemployment, homelessness, as well as the physical and mental strain of long deployments. We owe them a debt of gratitude that is hard to repay.

To thank their local heroes, The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of the United States Army is deeply committed to helping resolve these challenges. They do so by providing emergency financial assistance to families, getting homeless Veterans into transitional housing, hosting training classes and workshops, providing holiday gifts for military families in need and many other family programs.

But sometimes, there is nothing better than a night out on the time- some downtime to forget about their worries, be honored for their service, and enjoy the company of their spouse or significant other. This is also a great opportunity for the community to honor and salute their service.

The annual Army Birthday Ball in Long Beach, CA is a great night out, made possible through the generous donations of individuals and companies. This year, the event will be held on Saturday, May 30th aboard the legendary Queen Mary in Long Beach.

The request for seats always outnumbers the donated seats available. There is so much pride on display when these soldiers are asked to stand and be recognized by all present in the ballroom. They wear their uniforms with honor. But they need your help to be able to attend.

Your donation makes it possible for a local Soldier to celebrate in style. You can donate $25, $50, $100 or more, and there are also opportunities to sponsor an entire table. Every donation makes a difference! Go to http://ausaglac.info/activities/outreach-activities/army-ball/ for more information or to make a donation.

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Military Connection: Saying “Thank you, Soldier”: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Drill Instructor Gets Pinning Honor

May 4, 2015/in Archived Blogs

By Debbie Gregory.

For the last 21 years, Sgt. Thomas Draffen has given his all to the Marine Corps. At the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, Draffen stood at attention in front of the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 building, with his uniform’s collar bare.

Behind him, friends and peers stood tall with the air traffic controller. To his left, his wife of over 20 years, to his left, retired Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Arnett pinned in place Draffen’s new rank as Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt.

Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt) is the ninth and highest enlisted rank (along with the grade-equivalent ranks of Sergeant Major and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps) in the United States Marine Corps. Master Gunnery Sergeants are senior staff non-commissioned officers (SNCOs), and are assigned a pay grade of E-9.

Predecessor Arnett was the drill instructor responsible for shaping Draffen into a Marine. Arnett and Draffen were able to reflect on their beginnings together after the ceremony.

“He was the shortest drill instructor, and he was very skinny,” Draffen said about Arnett.

“Well, the only one skinnier than me was him,” Arnett interjected with a chuckle.

Draffen, a New York native, said it was easy to ask Arnett to pin him, as Arnett was, “clearly very passionate about what he was doing.”

In boot camp, Arnett said Draffen was the knowledge recruit. The knowledge recruit is picked by the platoon drill instructors, and is usually one of the brighter recruits of each training cycle.

“Our platoon took No. 1 for academics, and I didn’t do it by myself,” Arnett said. “Draffen was there on the back end, as a recruit, encouraging the guys to be the best.”

In the beginning of his Marine career, Draffen was newly married with a child on the way. Arnett recalls his own situation at the time, a sergeant with two kids. He remembers thinking to himself, “Golly, he’s got a family, and he’s just starting out.”

Draffen says he enlisted due to financial strain, and felt his only option to support his family was to go to boot camp. Now, almost 21 years into his Marine Corps career, Draffen says he still holds true to the lessons instilled in him by the man who taught him the fundamentals of what it means to be a Marine.

“I’d say the one lesson that he really drove home, and is something we push on our kids, is to take care of your family,” Draffen said. “He reinforced that you perform to take care of your family first, and everything else comes secondary to that.”

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Military Connection: Drill Instructor Gets Pinning Honor: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Army Vet Scams Brothers In Arms.

May 3, 2015/in Archived Blogs

By Debbie Gregory.

A Texas-based Army veteran seems to be living down to his namesake, made infamous by folk rock singer Jim Croce. Leroy Brown Jr. is facing fraud charges after he falsely portrayed himself as a stockbroker and used his military background to defraud investors.

According to a news release from the SEC, Brown has been offering unlicensed stock and securities advice through his company since January 2014, which is a violation of numerous anti-fraud and securities registration provisions.

Just one year after Brown finished 12 years service in the Army, he formed LB Stocks and Trades Advice LLC. This is in direct contradiction to Brown’s Facebook page, which lists him as the CEO and founder since 2004.

The SEC’s complaint charges Brown and LB Stocks and Trades Advice with securities fraud and conducting an unregistered securities offering. The SEC is seeking financial penalties and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains as well as permanent injunctive relief. The court has issued an order temporarily freezing all assets of Brown and LB Stocks and Trades Advice.

“Investment fraud is always wrong, but it’s especially pernicious when perpetrated against those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom,” David Woodcock, director of the SEC’s Fort Worth regional office, said in a statement.

Unfortunately, military life makes those who serve prime targets for financial fraud and scams. Deployments, frequent relocations, and the unique demands of a military lifestyle, make active duty military members and their families appealing to con artists and fraudsters.

Securities laws require brokers, investment advisers, and their firms to be licensed or registered, and to make important information public. But it’s up to the investor to find that information and use it to protect investment dollars. Before you invest or pay for any investment advice, make sure your brokers, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives have not had disciplinary problems or been in trouble with regulators or other investors. You also should check to see whether they are registered or licensed.

Brown’s office neighbors said he was a kind man. They also said he had several cars, including a big truck, BMW, and Corvette. His namesake, bad, bad Leroy Brown, liked fancy clothes, diamond rings, his custom Continental and his Eldorado too.

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Military Connection: Army Vet Scams Brothers In Arms. : By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: BRAVE Act Is Being Reviewed By the House

May 3, 2015/in Archived Blogs

By Debbie Gregory.

Employers now have even more reasons to consider hiring veterans to their workforce. Currently, there are specific tax credits available to employers that hire military veterans. The Returning Heroes Tax Credit for companies that hire unemployed veterans gives credit for short-term unemployed and long-term unemployed hires. The Wounded Warriors Tax Credit will increase the existing tax credit for companies that hire veterans with service-connected disabilities who have been unemployed long-term and continue the existing credit for all other veterans with a service-connected disability.

While these initiatives have a time limit to qualify and file, the Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act has been recently introduced, allowing the Veterans Affairs Secretary to award VA contracts to companies having higher percentages of veteran employees.

Comprised of two Democrat and three Republican co-sponsors, the goal for the BRAVE Act is to reward companies that maintain high consideration for veterans. In addition to offering employment opportunities, they then become a model to other companies to do the same.

“We have to make it a priority, in government and in the private sector, to fully invest in our veterans, invest in their potential to use their unique training and experience to excel in the civilian workforce,” said New York Democrat Kathleen Rice, one of the five co-sponsors.

Marine-veteran Rep. Paul Cook (R-Calif.) said veterans still experienced higher unemployment rates in 2014 than the national average.

“It’s unacceptable that men and women who signed up to fight for their country are unable to find a job when they return home,” Cook said. “I’m proud to introduce this bill with Representative Rice and address this problem head-on by incentivizing veteran employment.”

Several major veterans’ organizations, including Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the American Legion, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) are in support of the bill. The House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity was scheduled to begin reviewing the bill on April 16, 2015.

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Military Connection: BRAVE Act Is Being Reviewed By the House: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: An Alternative Treatment for TBI

May 2, 2015/in Archived Blogs

By Debbie Gregory.

There are no approved therapies for traumatic brain injury (TBI) despite an incidence of over 1 million cases per year, in both the civilian and military arenas. Injuries to the brain caused by explosions or exposure to pesticides (or other neurotoxins) may now be able to be treated with light therapy.

Researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare system are testing the effects of this new therapy on brain function in veterans with Gulf War Illness.

Veterans participating in the study wear a helmet that is lined with light-emitting diodes that apply red and near-infra-red light to the scalp. They also have diodes placed in their nostrils to help deliver photons to the deeper parts of the brain.

Transcranial application of near-infrared laser or LED light is non-invasive, inexpensive and without side-effects. As a painless 30-minute treatment that generates no heat, the LED therapy increases blood flow in the brain, as shown on MRI scans. It also appears to have an effect on damaged brain cells, specifically on their mitochondria. These are bean-shaped subunits within the cell that put out energy in the form of a chemical known as ATP.

However, as this therapy is still considered “investigational” it is not covered by most health insurance plans, but is already being used by some alternative medicine practitioners to treat wounds and pain.

Leading the investigation is Dr. Margaret Naeser, a research linguist and speech pathologist for the Boston VA, and a research professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). She is also a licensed acupuncturist and has conducted past research on laser acupuncture to treat paralysis in stroke, and pain in carpal tunnel syndrome.

She believes the light therapy can be a valuable adjunct to standard cognitive rehabilitation, which typically involves “exercising” the brain in various ways to take advantage of brain plasticity and forge new neural networks.

While the LED approach has its skeptics, Naeser’s group has already published encouraging results in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Dr. Naeser hopes the work will validate LED therapy as a viable treatment for veterans and others with brain difficulties. She foresees potential not only for war injuries, but also for conditions such as depression, stroke, dementia, and even autism.

“There are going to be many applications, I think. We’re just in the beginning stages right now.”

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