Hack's - Special INTEL Request

Hack's - Special INTEL Request
Troop Morale
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To all our troops serving in Iraq and those who have recently returned home, Hack wants a morale check with you: How has your service in Iraq affected your personal attitudes toward military service? How has your unit's morale fared during its deployment? What have been the key events or situations that have determined morale for you and your unit? We want to hear from all hands. Confidentiality guaranteed for all responses. Please reply direct to Hack with a CC: to SFTT President Roger Charles
mailto: teagles@hackworth.com?subject=SFTT%20INTEL:%20MORALE&CC=Rogcharles@aol.com

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SFTT needs your help to investigate the following hot topics:

Are Homecoming Warriors Treated Well?
Hack is very interested to know what kind of reception our warriors who are rotating back to the United States through Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, etc. are being given at their staging bases in theater. (He is not concerned about the great receptions once they get to the States). We are particularly interested in the experience of those who have been in the killing zones, not those who watched the war on their computer screens. Is there open access to the perks that the REMFs get on a daily, routine basis, i.e., hot chow available upon arrival (with 24-hour access to the dessert bar), fast food concessions on bases, MWR facilities, etc.? Or, are they being shuffled along so as not to interfere with normal ops, and not to create lines at the pizza and burger joints at the bases? Are senior officers routinely showing up to let these warriors know how much their time on the killing fields is valued by the commanders whose orders meant life and death? First-hand accounts are most urgently desired – the more detail the better. And, if there’s “good news” and our warriors are being received in the manner they deserve to be after spending months in the hell-holes of Iraq, Hack wants know about that, too. Please reply here and I’ll relay to Hack.

Imminent Danger Pay Issues
As part of a Special Project, SFTT and DefenseWatch request information from active-duty troops on the issue of imminent danger pay, including examples of unfair application of the eligibility criteria and any abuses of the system. If you have any knowledge of these or other related issues we want to hear from you. All contact info will be strictly confidential. Send comments here
dweditor@yahoo.com

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12/16/04 -- Colonel David Hackworth (U.S. Army, ret.), Chairman of Soldiers For The Truth (SFTT), the advocate organization for serving men and women dedicated to ensuring that American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines receive the right training, leadership and equipment, today announced that Roger Charles, an award-winning investigative journalist with a broad range of experience covering national security affairs, had been confirmed by the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board as SFTT’s new President. After almost a decade as an SFTT Vice-President, Charles will now lead the organization’s continuing efforts to effect real change in our nation’s armed forces.

Lt. Colonel Charles (U.S.M.C., ret.) graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1967, earning a B.S. in General Engineering and History. From there he went on to serve in the United States Marine Corps for 23 years, including service in Vietnam and later with the office of the Secretary of Defense as well as a stint as a regional desk officer with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also graduated from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in 1980, the U.S. Naval War College in 1981 and earned a Masters of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University in 1987.

After retiring from the Marine Corps in 1990, Colonel Charles worked as a journalist and national security consultant. The list of news organizations that have benefited from his expertise includes Newsweek, 60 minutes, Nightline, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, ABC News, 20/20, CNN, BBC News and NRK, the Norwegian national television network.

Colonel Charles also served as a field investigator and reporter on the Oklahoma City Bombing with both national media outlets and interested local parties.

Colonel Hackworth notes, “Roger Charles has been with SFTT from its inception and I have no doubt that he will make sure SFTT continues to deliver the hard-hitting, ahead-of-the-pack investigative reporting that’s become our trademark.”

CONTACT: Roger Charles
sfttpres@aol.com