By The Camp Casey First Sergeant that was charged with rape has been convicted of a lesser charge and sentenced:
Sgt. 1st Class Carlos Reynolds remained steadfast in his innocence, even as a court-martial jury Friday sentenced him to 2½ years in prison for indecently assaulting two female soldiers.
Reynolds, formerly acting first sergeant for the 2nd Infantry Division’s 302nd Brigade Support Battalion, Foxtrot Company, also received a bad-conduct discharge and rank reduction to E-1.
The NCO in question had some heated words for the court:
Reynolds said he “acknowledged and respected the findings†of the eight jurors, then apologized for their having to be in court.
But he did not apologize for the assaults and two other counts for which he was convicted: filing a false official statement and obstructing justice. Reynolds faced up to 20 years prison for the four offenses.
Prosecutor Capt. Marlin Paschal asked Reynolds at the sentencing hearing if he had thought of the crime’s effect on the family of one of the victims.
“Why should I do that, sir?†Reynolds responded, adding that the victim hadn’t considered him or his family.
Reynolds, 40, has a wife and three children, age 20, 15 and 11, living in Tennessee.
As you can see when it comes to these cases there are victims all around that are effected. If the NCO didn’t do what he was convicted of he still put himself in a compromising position to be accused of sexual assault by not having any witnesses with him. If you are a senior NCO or officer especially a First Sergeant of Commander only go into soldiers’ rooms with a witness to avoid opening yourself up to accusations that may be untrue.
11:13 pm on May 13th, 2007 1
[...] [GI Korea] Casey 1SG Convicted and Sentenced Published: Sun, 13 May 2007 02:40:56 +0000 The Camp Casey First Sergeant that was charged with rape has been convicted of a lesser charge and sentenced: Sgt. 1st Class Carlos Reynolds remained steadfast in his innocence, even as a court-martial jury Friday sentenced him to 2½ years in prison for indecently assaulting two female soldiers. Reynolds, formerly acting first sergeant for the 2nd Infantry [...] Read More… [...]
1:25 am on May 14th, 2007 2
[...] Drop: Casey 1SG Convicted and SentencedPosted 13 hours agoThe Camp Casey First Sergeant that was charged with rape has been convicted of a [...]
9:13 am on May 13th, 2007 3
sucks for his family
4:56 pm on May 13th, 2007 4
Yep. Ever hear of the buddy system?
The girls were buddys.
Just his being there alone was wrong in itself.
I think personally that was a harsh sentence, but let's all learn from it. Get a buddy!
Remember the Championship Boxer that had a girl in his room at 2 AM?
He should have had a buddy.
5:16 pm on May 14th, 2007 5
You're in our prayers, Sgt. Reynolds.
God bless you and your family and all parties involved. May each and every one of you find closure.
6:31 pm on May 14th, 2007 6
WAC! Mean anything to anybody?
6:08 am on May 15th, 2007 7
WAC? Yes, ancient history. Didn't have the same types of discipline issues then…
3:16 pm on May 15th, 2007 8
Military Corruption dot Com has a writeup on it.
http://www.militarycorruption.com/carlosreynolds2…
10:26 pm on May 15th, 2007 9
ChickenHead, thanks for the link. Very interesting!
Maby I'll see some "friends" on it one day. I can only hope.
1:05 am on May 17th, 2007 10
Was this guy drunk? Is Latino? Are the girls lesbians? Are they members of a gang? Are they having homosexual encounters with each other? Sounds like Top took the easy-wrong over the hard-right. Where was the backbone of the Army, the guys CSM in all of this? Distancing himself like a coward?
1:40 am on March 30th, 2010 11
Serves him right, just because you have a little rank and control a small part of the Army does not give you the right to act the way you wish, with disregards to the laws of the land. Your a joke and you call yourself a leader? You can’t wear the uniform forever Top! The civilian world is a whole lot tougher then the Army could ever be. We have college degrees. Not some chumped up leadership schools that last 3 weeks. Trust me.
5:35 am on March 30th, 2010 12
You just MIGHT—MABY—PERHAPS, be an arrogant, over educated piece of bird dropping.
I'm not sure, so this is not a personel attack. But you sound like one Chris.
I have EXPERIENCE in both worlds. You, oh so obviously do not. That NCO would seem to be a joke and I will not defend him. But you and he shair some qualities. Both of you SEEM to be arrogant and full of yourselves. As for the civilian world being "a whole lot tougher", Child PLEASE. As for college degrees—some of the most ignorant people I have ever spoken with have college degrees, in and out of the Military.
You fail to address the issue of the females. Again, based on EXPERIENCE, I can tell you, since you don't know, that in the Army, females are a conniving lot. They will use sex to deceive, seduce and destroy. Saw it happen over and over and over again.
I don't blame the women at all. They are just following their nature. I blame the men.
The so called Professional NCO's. Many did not learn much in their "leadership" classes. Or they forgot very quickly. I wasn't impressed when I went thru them.
Nor do you impress me. With your condescenion of all things Military. You sound like an arrogant child. Go back to your college and demand your money back. They didn't teach you much, judging by your comment.
Oh, and I do trust you. I trust you to throw a temper tantrum, like any child.
Enlist! If you can. See how tough it can get. You might like it. If you can make it.
Your likely a Liberal as well.
12:47 pm on March 30th, 2010 13
Pete, I agree with you about the AF produces better enlisted leaders.
If for no there reason than the piss poor fellow (sadly), enlisted leaders I witnessed during my years. Again, I only speak of what units I know, which were Aviation Support Units. From my early years as a private in the 80s, the word was out about never getting the Sergeant Major involved. They seemed to only make a bad situation worse. They are (supposed) to be Mentors. In most of my units, they served only to hold down a desk and drink coffee—on good days. Not much on "leadership".
Thomas Lee, I keep thinking about the year 1994. What happened that year? That year stands out for me as the time things turned bad and never returned. I'll have to research that year.
After 1994, good leaders seemed in short supply in Aviation Support Units. Even Warrant Officers (normally intelligent individuals) and at least capable officers seemed to lose those qualities.
I watched a friend get promoted to E7 and you would swear by his actions that he had been demoted to E4. The only word for it is "subservient" in his actions.
In Bosnia, I watched in shock, as a Sergeant Major played the part of "Butler" for a table of Officers in the chow hall.
I can not respect a man in uniform after I see that. I can pity him, and did.
Not to mention the numerous times I watched females "play" most, so called Professional NCO's. A friend in Iraq lost a chance to play Platoon Daddy because he was caught with one of his E4s. At least it was a female. I'm sure his wife wasn't so happy. Same unit, the E5 female in the orderly room was doing one of the Platoon Sergeants. Top knew it. CO knew it. She spilled the beans in Iraq because he wouldn't leave his wife.
CO and top got out the broom and swept it under the rug. She later went to the PROMOTION BOARD.
Couldn't wait to retire.
1:25 pm on March 30th, 2010 14
Add this to the list of “don’t shake your baby” quotes,
If you are a senior NCO or officer especially a First Sergeant of Commander only go into soldiers’ rooms with a witness to avoid opening yourself up to accusations that may be untrue
1:44 pm on March 30th, 2010 15
Having experience on both sides, I have to agree with Chris on the leadership issue. The Army often fails to prepare leaders; or select individuals to be leaders based on things other than their leadership ability. “Leadership Schools” do little to provide the tools of leadership. The problem, in my opinion,is the Army’s promotion system. I think the AF has a better system, even though they occasionally get a wild hair and try to change for the worse.
I believe the AF produces better enlisted leaders – the Army may want to consider how to do this also.
2:39 pm on March 30th, 2010 16
Retired…
The only thing I can think of is that after the RIFT in '92, about the only people that stayed in were those that didn't feel they had anything better in life to pursue. Don't get me wrong, I would have stayed in if I hadn't come up on orders for recruiting duty (just as they're rifting thousands). However, I did see a lot of good (patting myself on the back) soldiers such as myself that truly loved the Army, had clean records, were promoted on-time or early, and were squared away, gung-ho, Gulf War I combat vets, decide to get out because of what they saw taking place during the RIFT. I saw 16 year E5's get upwards of $60,000 to leave the Army, I saw E4's that had been busted for multiple DUI's getting promised 5 years of military benefits (medical, PX, etc.) if they would leave early, etc. while the Army offered the good soldiers NOTHING to stay in. If you were a pogue slacker, you got paid good money to leave the Army. If you were a squared away, hard working, competent NCO, you weren't offered ANYTHING to stay. I put in for DI school and wanted to go to Benning, but when I came up on orders for Recruiting Duty I decided not to re-enlist as I was pretty disgusted with the Army at that point.
Furthermore, after Somalia (Black Hawk Down), I know of a LOT of career NCO's (some with 18 years in) that got out instead of retiring because they wouldn't work for Clinton. I also heard the training, moral and equipment supplies suffered terribly. Based on that, I would say that starting in '92, the Army went to hell in a hand basket as if often does under Democratic Presidents.
Those are my thoughts, but since I got out in April of '92, perhaps my thoughts are wrong. I have to admit, as much as I sometimes wish I had stayed in and retired at 37, I'm often glad I didn't. My life turned out pretty damn good. I do miss the camaraderie though and I did love being an Infantryman.
3:49 pm on March 30th, 2010 17
I'm wondering what the ~hell~ this guy was thinking. You never ever ever EVER mess with GI girls, I've never seen any situation turn out for the better with them involved. If you must chase tail, go chase the local tail, plenty of it, less work involved, and less chance of career implosion.
As a senior … you should avoid juniors like the plague, too much to loose should something to sour. And always have another senior with you if your EVER in the barracks for any reason.
4:45 pm on March 30th, 2010 18
The Army must have changed a LOT since I ETS’d in 1992 as and E6. I went through PLDC (4 weeks) and BNCOC (8 weeks) and a lot of our training in both those courses focused on Military bearing as an NCO, Sexual harassment/discrimination issues, and much time devoted to what it takes to be a leader. Sure, not every student was “leadership” material, but those that weren’t didn’t do well and rarely made it past being a 15 year E5.
11:23 pm on March 30th, 2010 19
I feel that you did the right thing there TL. I loved the camaraderie but I seldom experienced any after around 1994.
I remember the QMP boards. I remember what was left afterward, with some exceptions. The Army really messed that one up. Some individuals enjoy being E5 forever and were good at what they did.
After the QMP the mind set was to move up the ranks as quickly as possible. F-up, move up became obvious to the lower enlisted. If a PROFESSIONAL NCO was not up to speed with the troops, the answer was to promote his ass away from the troops.
Clinton's Army. Crap. We had motor pools "borrowing" from each other to pass inspections. Range went from every six months to once a year. (support unit). I fired a weapon more as a boy growing up.
But it was Mr. Bill's Army
Glad to hear life turned out well for you there TL. I can not complain about mine either.
But what I can't forget is all the totally F-ed up individuals that passed for leaders during my last few years. I was told that most retiring Troops will find that their last year is either their best or worst year. Mine fell into the worst and it wasn't because of the war. (I often wish I had gotten out after eight years.)
Imagine being in the second year of a war, with leaders that are still doing witch hunts for racist.
Imagine PROFESSIONAL NCO's doing their soldiers and not getting busted down. Platoon Sergeants doing the Orderly RM NCOIC and her complaining to Top because he will not leave his wife—and not getting busted down.
I nearly forgot about the PT test (for record) under fire. Someone forgot to send the enemy a Memo about a frigging PT test I guess.
Aviation units were intelligent once upon a time.
Later TL. Thanks for serving.
12:11 am on March 31st, 2010 20
Thank you for your service too GI.
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