Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, of Barstow, Calif., is being investigated for premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder. He is a member of the 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell. He pleaded guilty to rape...
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Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, of Barstow, Calif., is being investigated for premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder. He is a member of the 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell. He pleaded guilty to rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl last year in Iraq.
Back in February of last year we posted information about a laptop that took a bullet and saved a soldier’s life. This was a massive story at the time and even made it to the homepage of Digg.
Today we have heard directly from SGT Steven W. Clark of the 101st Airborne. You can read what he sent in to us below.
The Toughbook belong to a member of the 101st Airborne (Air Assault)…Me…. I am sick of this story getting messed up. It was hit in the back of my M998 HMMWV in Mosul, IZ on 9 June...
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Sgt. John D. Aragon of Antioch, California died on June 12th in Kadamiyah, Iraq from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device (IED). He was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom with the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Another outrageous crime..Where are those American Values??? FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A military jury found a soldier guilty of rape and murder in the slayings of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family, despite testimony that cast doubt on his involvement. Jurors deliberated much of Friday evening before convicting Army Pfc. Jesse Spielman, 22, of conspiracy to commit rape, rape, housebreaking with intent to commit rape and four counts of felony murder. He faces a mandatory...
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Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Brian Waters, formerly assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, is overcome with emotion as he visits The Moving Wall at Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in San Angelo, Texas, Oct. 12, 2007. The traveling, half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was built by veterans to bring the experience of the memorial to those who cannot travel to Washington, D.C., and has been touring the country for more than twenty years. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Angela B...
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U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Anderson (left) digs as Sgt. Justin Bohannon waits his turn as they search the home of a suspected insurgent in Owesat, Iraq, on Dec. 18, 2007. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, searched the home after a Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint was attacked by a suicide bomber and small arms fire. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
3rd brigade combat team 101st airborne...
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An individual in Montezuma County has become the first confirmed case of a person contracting salmonella saintpaul - the strain that has sickened more than 1,300 people in 43 states - after eating a tainted ...
Fellow members of the 101st Airborne Division, Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, Spc. James P. Barker, Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman and Pfc. Bryan L. Howard, face charges of conspiring with Green.
Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, has deferred entering a plea, and Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman, 22, will be arraigned in December. Both are members of the 101st Airborne Division along with Barker and could face .
Barker is accused along with Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman and Pfc. Bryan L. Howard of rape and murder. Another soldier, Sgt. Anthony W. Yribe, is accused of failing to report the attack
Desert Dispatch - In tears, Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, detailed his role in the March 2006 raping and killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl. After hearing Cortez’s explanation of his guilt in the matter