Navy Keeps Lid On SEAL Identities

Navy Keeps Lid On SEAL Identities
Associated Press
September 29, 2004

SAN DIEGO - When Marine reservists were implicated last year in the abuse of Iraqi detainees at a makeshift lockup outside Nasiriyah, their names were quickly released. And it wasn't long before the public learned the names and backgrounds of U.S. soldiers seen grinning in photos taken at the Abu Ghraib prison.

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Army Denies Threatening Troops




FORT CARSON, Colo. - Army commanders denied allegations Wednesday that soldiers have been threatened with deployment to Iraq if they do not re-enlist.

"It's just not being done," Lt. Col. David Johnson said. "We are a professional army. We want soldiers who want to be in the Army," he said.

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., has demanded an investigation into claims that Iraqi war veterans near the end of their enlistments had been given a choice between re-enlisting or being sent back to Iraq.

Fort Carson, with about 14,000 soldiers, including the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, claims the highest re-enlistment rate in the nation.





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