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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShooting suspect was trained sniper,was diagnosed with TBI but was found fit for duty
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/12/shooting-suspect-was-trained-sniper/The soldier detained for the shootings in Afghanistan was a qualified infantry sniper, a senior Department of Defense official told CNN. (See also: heightened security in Afghanistan)
The soldier was injured in a vehicle rollover while in Iraq in 2010, according to the official. The official described it as a non-combat rollover. He was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) but was found fit for duty.
His family has been moved on to Joint Base Lewis-McChord for their safety, the official said.
After an Afghan soldier alerted the U.S. military at the base of the soldier's initial departure, the U.S. military put up an aircraft to search for the missing soldier. Soon after, Afghan civilians came to the gate carrying wounded civilians, the first indication the military had of the shooting.
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Shooting suspect was trained sniper,was diagnosed with TBI but was found fit for duty (Original Post)
cal04
Mar 2012
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dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)1. They persist in using the expression civiliians
avoiding mention that 9 were children some of whom were only 2 years old.
We get the real news in the UK.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. I just attended a lecture on TBI in the military
the speaker pointed out that likely thousands of cases of milder TBI are going undiagnosed.
TNLib
(1,819 posts)3. This is just sad on so many levels
nt
malaise
(269,157 posts)4. He was Special Ops n/t
DCBob
(24,689 posts)5. What was the cause of Traumatic Brain Injury?
Is that caused by some physical trauma like a bomb or bullet or is it psychological?
librechik
(30,676 posts)6. car accident rollover n/t
DCBob
(24,689 posts)7. ah yes, i see that now in the article,
thanks,
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)8. IVAW has been waging a campaign to stop deployment of traumatized troops
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)9. If I heard correctly this morning on Amy's show, he is JSOC.nt