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In the U.S. military, fragging (from fragmentation grenade) refers to the act of deliberately assassinating another member, or members of the military, particularly (a) member(s) of ones own command or fighting squad. Additionally, the term can be applied to manipulating the chain of command in order to have an individual, or unit, deliberately killed, by placing them into harm's way with the intended result being their demise. An example would be to order a single soldier to perform a particularly hazardous task, and repeat the said task until they meet their demise. The term originated during the Vietnam War and was most commonly used to mean the assassination of an unpopular officer of one's own fighting unit.
The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade is a unit of the United States Army .... was relocated from Fort Bragg to Fort Huachuca, where it was re-designated the ...
Sep 1, 1997 – TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5, Force XXI, outlines the Armyís future warfighting requirements; .... Conduct human reconnaissance and surveillance.
Back in the pre Desert Storm years we had a Battalion Commander sent to our Battalion just as we were closing up the 2nd A.D. This LTC's first meeting with his NCO's began wih "It is my job to put as many of you as possible out of the Army as we downsize." It was pretty much down hill fast from there. So the Senior NCO's 7's and 8's all made an exit with a retirement in hand.......
Then we get informed we are going to Saudi Arabia in three weeks and to get the Tanks ready to go. Never have I seen a greater failure in Leadership. He was so hated he had to have an armed guard at his tent every night. He had his "special" boots stolen.He had one leg shorter than the other and foreverafter was known as Col. Halftrack.
Someone left a bullet on his pillow. He lost his weapon. Comming out of the minefield breech we leaned even with a GPS he couldn't read a map or keep a Battalion formation. He had so little respect at Division level (where he left) we couldn't get chow, fuel or supplies when we needed it.
He was so adept at implementing trumped up UCMJ charges and those who made it through his "Command" often had their careers damaged beyond repair. So cry all you like about the death of a "Hero", you never know the whole story unless you were there.
# J.M. Says: June 29th, 2012 at 7:14 am Ft Bragg…..
The 525 has had alot of criminal problems the past few years.
My SLC class had the current (at the time) BDE CDR as a guest speaker at Huachuca. He showed up late and smelling of booze, and spent more time talking about the leadership challenges (prostitution and drug rings run out of his barracks) then he did about MI.
# 8 Beretverde Says: June 29th, 2012 at 8:11 am Workplace violence? # 9 ROS Says: June 29th, 2012 at 8:42 am Dear God…….
