NCIS: No evidence of 2nd ambush on MarSOC unit

NCIS: No evidence of 2nd ambush on MarSOC unit
By Trista Talton - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jan 14, 2008 21:23:06 EST

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — An investigating officer said Monday there was no physical evidence to support that a Marine Special Operations platoon took small arms fire following a vehicle bomb attack last year in Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert O’Dwyer, who was assigned to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, was part of the investigative team who went to Afghanistan nearly two months after the March 7, 2007 attack in Nangahar Province.

“I don’t believe a follow-on ambush occurred,” he said.

O’Dwyer testified the investigative team spent 60 minutes at the actual site of the attack on the six-vehicle convoy. He was the first witness of the day in the second week of the court of inquiry looking into the actions of Fox Company, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, who are alleged to have killed as many as 19 Afghan civilians according to some reports.

The inquiry is focused on the company’s former commander, Maj. Fred Galvin, and platoon leader Capt. Vincent Noble. Neither has been charged with a crime, but are suspected of conspiracy to make a false official statement, false official statement, dereliction of duty and failure to obey a lawful order.


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