Posts Tagged With: crime

Report: US To Agree To Changes in the US-ROK SOFA

» by GI Korea February 1st, 2012 at 3:37 am » Comments (2)

Via a reader tip comes a report that USFK is about to authorize a change to the US-ROK SOFA for servicemembers accused of rape or murder: Korea and the United States ...more »

Providing Context To Military Sexual Assaults

» by GI Korea January 25th, 2012 at 4:33 pm » Comments (0)

Over the past week the media has been breathlessly reporting an increase in military sexual assaults and how this is because of PTSD though no context of what is really ...more »

Army Lieutenant Convicted For Bomb Hoax

» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2012 at 8:20 pm » Comments (6)

I wonder if CNN will lead another article using this guy to perpetuate the "crazy vet" stereotype?: An Army officer who carried nunchucks, built a fake bomb and forced an evacuation ...more »

Media Continues To Perpetuate Crazy Veteran Stereotype

» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2012 at 5:42 pm » Comments (1)

The good folks at This Ain't Hell have taken CNN to task for perpetuating the stereotype of crazy vets: Despite the fact that its been proven that Benjamin Colton Barnes, the veteran ...more »

English Teacher Confesses To Murdering His Korean Wife

» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2012 at 8:43 am » Comments (22)

It will be interesting to see how many years in prison this Canadian receives for murdering his Korean girlfriend: A Canadian has turned himself in to Korean police and confessed to ...more »

USFK Servicemember Convicted of Rape Asks for Lesser Sentence from Korean Court

» by GI Korea January 7th, 2012 at 3:09 am » Comments (11)

The Soldier partly responsible for the return of the curfew is now asking the Korean courts to reduce his sentence: The U.S. soldier whose rape case was largely responsible for the ...more »

Actions of Mt. Rainier Gunman Had Little To Do With His Military Service

» by GI Korea January 6th, 2012 at 7:18 am » Comments (7)

Just as I suspected, the former Ft. Lewis soldier who shot and killed the park ranger at Mt. Rainier National Park was not the "crazy veteran" the media was painting ...more »

Results of USFK Courts-Martial for November 2011

» by GI Korea January 4th, 2012 at 2:13 am » Comments (7)

USFK is being very late about releasing the court martial and ROK criminal prosecution results now on their website compared to the past. Here are the results from November 2011: Results ...more »

Is the Mt. Rainier Shooter Really A Wacko Vet?

» by GI Korea January 2nd, 2012 at 4:53 pm » Comments (12)

I was reading this article about the tragic shooting of a park ranger at Mt. Rainier National Park by a man identified as a "Iraq War Veteran" as if that ...more »

Does New Look At Evidence Prove Andre Fisher Is Innocent?

» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2011 at 8:40 am » Comments (31)

Via a reader tip over at 3 Wise Monkeys they have a posting up that takes a new look at evidence they believe may be used to clear Private Andre ...more »