Army drops charge facing Colorado GI (Cowardice)

[joeunderdog]

FORT CARSON - The Army effectively dropped a charge of dereliction of duty against a 32-year-old soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group, a charge that could have put him behind bars for six months.

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Pogany's legal woes date from early October, when he returned to the United States from Iraq just days after arriving in the U.S.-occupied country and seeing a badly mangled body stuffed inside an open body bag.

Pogany could not purge the image from his mind and began vomiting, shaking and thinking about impending doom. After asking for counseling, he was put on a plane and sent home.

Once back in the U.S., on Oct. 14, Pogany was hit with the rarely used charge of cowardice, a charge that could have been punishable by death. Less than a month later, under the glare of national publicity, the Army decided against going ahead with that charge and replaced it with the lesser dereliction-of-duty charge.

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http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E6439%257E1859752,00.html

[Deesh]

1. If charges of cowardice --

-- are to be introduced, let's start with Paul Wolfowitz, George W. Bush, Richard Perle, etc.

Let's hope that Soldier Pogany receives the support and help he needs, and that the U.S. military gets off his back.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. This is very good news for vets returning with PTSD.

The Army was going back to the WWII mentality of shell shock with this crap.
Had this man had proper care and not been charged with a crime, he would most likely be a productive soldier again.

This is going to be a serious issue when these guys get back and find out how their war has been percieved.