Why would a Marine start a fire?

Marine Charged in Fire That Forced Thousands Out
By R. Stickney
NBCSanDiego.com
updated 4:21 a.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 26, 2009


Two brush fires merged to create a nearly 4,000-acre fire that threatened Oceanside unlike any other in recent history on October 13, 2008. Now, an investigation connects one of the fires to military training exercises.

The Juliett fire erupted that October afternoon in hot, dry conditions. Aircraft attacked the flames and firefighters set backfires, working through the night to slow the fire’s advance. Part of the base and the base's golf course were evacuated as a precaution. Smoke could be seen in neighboring counties. Some people in Los Angeles even called 911 to report the smell of smoke.

The Juliett Fire did not cause any injuries or damage to buildings on the base. It was fully surrounded about 16 hours after it began.

In a memo released Wednesday outlining the results of an investigation by the Navy Criminal Investigative Serivce, the Marines announced Lance Corporal Nason G. Lamb will face charges of damage to military property, reckless endangerment and setting fire to U.S. property for his role in starting one of the fires that fueled the Juliett Fire.
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There is an update on LA Times

Updated at 11:50 a.m.: Officials said the charges against Lamb could bring a sentence of more than eight years in prison. Lamb, from Palmetto, La., has been in the Marine Corps less than two years and has not gone on a forward deployment.

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He was not deployed according to the update. This leaves the rest of us scratching our heads wondering why he would have set a fire. Marines, along with everyone else in the military, are not drafted. They enlist willingly. This requires them to be willing to risk their lives for the country. So why would a Marine, willing to risk his life for the country end up setting a fire that destroyed part of it? Does this have anything to do with the requirements being dropped to enlist? What was the reason this Marine enlisted in the first place? None of this makes sense.