I sent this verbatime to PAFFOMAYBE (and some other comments >
) as he clearly does not have a clue -- but I figured I would post this for edification purposes of the general public.
Futher comment: Comments like the above from paffomaybe are dumb, immoral and IF I could, I'd throat punch the cocker sucker for making them.
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Okay -- WRT the MacKinnon incident.
1) It was known very soon afterwards that the section C9 gunner had hit Mac (2I/C s team). (Smith the 2I/C is another worthless piece of work but that's another story)
2) The ARSO had gone up to the body to see if he was okay and when he moved him the grenade was released.
It was VERY shortly after that a BOI was formed and several people where charged.
Dave Hirter (then OC B 1VP) took the full brunt of the witchhunt and was demoted and banished
*despite Dave being a RRMC guy, JTF plank owner and one, if not the best officer I have ever worked for.
Dave released from the CF and went on to become a security contractor (circa 1995-today
Dave flew out (on his own dime) to the parents to explain what happend and took full responsibility (well he had to any way the CO and BDE Commander hung him out to dry)
The C9 Gunner suffered thru PTSD and recently after returning from Op Athena RotoII - just then agreed to take his JNCO and become a leader -- since he had been shirking away from any command responsibility until then. He is a capable troop and I hope now that he is exercising his demons he will be a solid Leader.
The C79 Elcan was found to be the culprit -- the solider was a new troop out of BSL (Hitler Line 9411 IIRC) and had never shot the weapon before they went live.
The sight was off tgt - 4, 4 ft screens to the left @ 100m.
The CO and Bde Commander walked away - ignoring their command responsibilities
By far and above the worst officers I have ever met
The ARSO (a sgt) was busy picking his ass with his arc stick talking to people than doing his job -- but he and the other NCO's walked - it was too soon after Somalia to hang a lower rank - so they needed a field grade officer
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1) I know several of the individuals in question personally
2) I am not anyone mentioned above