Army: Soldier killed in standoff had no mental health record
2:58 PM EST, February 11, 2008
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) _ A 10th Mountain Division soldier killed by a military policeman after holding two other military police officers at gunpoint had no record of mental health issues, according to Army officials.
Staff Sgt. Dustin McMillen was fatally wounded during the standoff early Saturday morning on the northern New York Army post.
McMillen, 29, of Vancouver, Ore., was an infantryman who served a combat tour of more than a year in Afghanistan, returning home last June. He joined the Army in 1998
Lt. Col. Paul Swiergosz, a 10th Mountain Division spokesman, said Army officials could find no record that McMillen requested or was referred to counseling for any battle-related illness or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
As a High School friend of Dustin's I would like to correct one item. He was from Klamath Falls OR, not Vancouver. God Bless.
ReplyDeleteThey were not MP's who killed him. They were civilian DoD police. Why does everyone call them MP's? MP's wouldnt have a clue what to do in a situation like that.
ReplyDeleteWe pray for his family.
Are you saying the military is using private police under DOD like contractors,,,like maybe Halliburton or KBR? If so, when did they start doing this? There are city police officers and sheriffs but I never heard of a civilian DOD police. Please explain.
ReplyDeleteThere is a such thing as DACP, Department of the Army Civilian Police. They are Federal Police Officers and considered Federal employees. They were hired to maintain base security and safety, allowing MP’s to deploy and to take the strain off of MP's returning from their war missions and garrison missions.
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