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October 17, 2010 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

I posted before about the CO of USS OHIO being detached for cause and the number of Navy CO’s DFC’d this year. Now Navy Times has obtained a copy of documents related this case which appears to include a copy of the command investigation.

The arrival of a birthday card in the ship’s mail addressed to Capt. Ronald Murray Gero, who was turning 56, marked the beginning of the end of his command of the guided-missile submarine Ohio.

It appears various members of the crew started collecting evidence, and then:

Ramrod Five update 3

June 17, 2010 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

Here is a charge sheet for one of the accused, United States v. Morlock.

Here is an official press release from JBLM.

The Ramrod five

June 12, 2010 | The Law Office of Philip D. Cave

AP reports that:

Five soldiers from the same Washington state-based unit have now been implicated in the killing of three Afghan civilians, an Army spokeswoman said Monday.

The Army said Friday that Spc. Jeremy Morlock had been charged with three counts of premeditated murder and one count of assault.