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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:22 PM Mar 2012

Shooting suspect was trained sniper,was diagnosed with TBI but was found fit for duty

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/12/shooting-suspect-was-trained-sniper/

The soldier detained for the shootings in Afghanistan was a qualified infantry sniper, a senior Department of Defense official told CNN. (See also: heightened security in Afghanistan)

The soldier was injured in a vehicle rollover while in Iraq in 2010, according to the official. The official described it as a non-combat rollover. He was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) but was found fit for duty.

His family has been moved on to Joint Base Lewis-McChord for their safety, the official said.

After an Afghan soldier alerted the U.S. military at the base of the soldier's initial departure, the U.S. military put up an aircraft to search for the missing soldier. Soon after, Afghan civilians came to the gate carrying wounded civilians, the first indication the military had of the shooting.
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Shooting suspect was trained sniper,was diagnosed with TBI but was found fit for duty (Original Post) cal04 Mar 2012 OP
They persist in using the expression civiliians dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #1
I just attended a lecture on TBI in the military KamaAina Mar 2012 #2
This is just sad on so many levels TNLib Mar 2012 #3
He was Special Ops n/t malaise Mar 2012 #4
What was the cause of Traumatic Brain Injury? DCBob Mar 2012 #5
car accident rollover n/t librechik Mar 2012 #6
ah yes, i see that now in the article, DCBob Mar 2012 #7
IVAW has been waging a campaign to stop deployment of traumatized troops pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #8
If I heard correctly this morning on Amy's show, he is JSOC.nt EFerrari Mar 2012 #9

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
1. They persist in using the expression civiliians
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:44 PM
Mar 2012

avoiding mention that 9 were children some of whom were only 2 years old.

We get the real news in the UK.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
2. I just attended a lecture on TBI in the military
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:47 PM
Mar 2012

the speaker pointed out that likely thousands of cases of milder TBI are going undiagnosed.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
5. What was the cause of Traumatic Brain Injury?
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:57 PM
Mar 2012

Is that caused by some physical trauma like a bomb or bullet or is it psychological?

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