WP: Accused Soldiers a Diverse Group

[kskiska]

Families Defend Seven Charged With Abusing Iraqi Prisoners at Abu Ghraib

The motivations that propelled them into the Army recruiter's office were as varied as their backgrounds. Some joined the reserves knowing little about the military except that it could be a ticket to college and a means to escape dead-end jobs. Others enlisted for adventure, knowing full well that ending up on the front lines was a possibility.

The seven members of the 372nd Military Police Company, based in Cresaptown, Md., who have been implicated in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad's largest prison are a diverse band of soldiers: Four men and three women, ranging in age from 21 to 37, they come from small rural towns and big-city suburbs.

They include a 35-year-old father of two from southeastern Pennsylvania who has been accused of abuse by his ex-wife during a contentious divorce. Another is a headstrong 21-year-old who wanted to escape her job at a rural West Virginia chicken-processing plant. Yet another is a 26-year-old who grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey hamlet, where his father made sure he read his Bible every day.

Two joined the service in the wave of patriotism after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. One, a 26-year-old pizzeria manager from Alexandria, never imagined she would go to war; the other, a 29-year-old lab technician from Centreville, was counting on it. A 37-year-old corrections officer from Buckingham, Va., grew up idolizing his uncle's Air Force exploits and hoped to one day see the world, too. And there is the 24-year-old auto mechanic, so proud of being a soldier that he showed up for his date's high school prom wearing his newly tailored dress uniform, corsage in hand.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11384-2004May8.html

[Sandpiper]

1. Yes, they were quite the diverse group

Some were white trash, some were trailer trash. Some were rednecks, and some were racists.

[Melodybe]

2. As I thought, they are all freepers

Go figure?

:shrug:

[AussieInCA]

3. make dim freepers proud

[Nlighten1]

4. Were all of them white?

[saigon68]

5. No

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[Waistdeep]

7. Gee, like a rainbow

A Rainbow Coalition.......

[Skittles]

8. they have something in common

they are all assholes and a f***ing disgrace to the military and America.