Guard Commander Disciplined For Nude Photos Of Female Soldiers

[Robbien]

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- A former National Guard commander is accused of taking naked pictures of female U.S. soldiers while they showered last year at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a newspaper reported. Capt. Leo V. Merck, 32, of Fremont, Calif., faces a court martial, the Contra Costa Times reported in Wednesday editions.

The Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad is at the center of a scandal involving photographs of U.S. Army soldiers subjecting naked Iraqi prisoners to humiliating treatment.

Three female soldiers from the 870th Military Police Company from Pittsburg, Calif., filed the accusations against Merck in November, National Guard officials told the paper Tuesday.

Spc. Myrna Hernandez, 26, of Antioch, Calif. told the newspaper that she was showering on Nov. 12 at the same time as two other female soldiers when she saw Merck on his hands and knees taking pictures with a digital camera.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/3271740/detail.html

[GainesT1958]

1. Guess it wasn't enough to show the prisoners in...

"Compromising" positions; they had to show the (female) MPs stripped naked, too!x(

Those folks stationed at Abu Gharib were about as sordid a bunch as the ones Saddam used to have there.:mad:

B-)

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. A friend of mine (Air Force Acad. Grad) said.............

everyone knew that if a soldier couldn't do anything right then they could always be an MP. I'm beginning to believe it,

[atreides1]

3. In the Army

The MP's were known for "appropriation" of equipment, better then most supply sergeants.

[Judi Lynn]

4. I wonder if there are any photos available of Capt. Leo V. Merck

we could locate. Gotta have my Merck shower shots!

Here's part of his record, the only thing about him available on the internet:

http://www.calguard.ca.gov/870mp/BioSketch-CPTMerck.pdf

His regular employer was KLA-Tencor Corp. where he was a Sr. Financial Analyst.

He has an MBA from the University of North Dakota.
(Very helpful in becoming a superior pervert)

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/13/13881.html

He's really going to have some fine stories to share with his acquaintances when he gets out. I'm sure his official explanation will be that they "framed" him, set him up, they were out to get him.

Yeah, that's the ticket. He was too good for them.

[Moderator]

5. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=531440