Guantánamo guard got medal for saving detainee then kicked out

Disgraced Guantánamo guard got medal for saving detainee from suicide
Miami Herald
Carol Rosenberg
April 1, 2014

A former Guantánamo guard being discharged instead of facing a sexual-assault trial did avert a detainee’s suicide around the time of last year’s prison camp raid that put hunger strikers under lockdown, the military confirmed.

Army Col. Greg Julian, a spokesman for Southern Command, could not identify the detainee who tried to kill himself. Nor could he pinpoint the exact date of the deed in April 2013 that won Sgt. Stevontae Lacefield, 24, his Joint Service Commendation Medal.

Separately, Julian said that Lacefield was leaving the Army with an “other than honorable” discharge and demotion to the lowest enlisted grade, rather than a general discharge, as a U.S. Army spokesman had earlier reported.
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