The ‘C-Y-A’ brief (Marine captain ordered company to get their story re: Iraqi civilian shooting)

[sabra]

Source: marinecorpstimes

A Marine captain, in what he described as the “C-Y-A part” of his briefing, ordered dozens of men in his company to get their story straight in case investigators asked questions about a 2006 firefight that might have left Iraqi women and children dead in the crossfire.

“Earlier up on the roof, there was like five women and little girls, OK? We f---ed that area up,” Capt. Shane Cote, 35, told his Marines, after a day that included at least nine firefights in 14 hours. “If we did any collateral damage, there will be people here asking. Your answer, for the sake of yourselves — and me — better be you were f---ing shooting at muzzle flashes.”

His Marines grunted out their affirmatives, “ooh-rahs” all around. They got it.

One of them even got it on tape.

A secret recording of the briefing (Warning: Explicit language), obtained by Marine Corps Times, was made by a sergeant who believes the captain was ordering his men to lie about the shooting. The recording, made on the sergeant’s MP3 player, was turned in to unit officials weeks after the day in question. A criminal investigation followed.

Read more: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/11/marine_cyabrief_071112/

[OnyxCollie]

1. Link not working. nt

[cosmicdot]

4. try this one

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/11/marine_cyabrief_111207

or

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/11/marine_cyabrief_071112

[cosmicdot]

5. re link

a search for the article at the website found links which open at the website

i.e.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/11/marine_cyabrief_111207

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/11/marine_cyabrief_071112

but, both get "That page has gone AWOL!"
when opening them from here

:shrug:

It is the front page article - try linking from here
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/

[gratuitous]

2. "For the sake of yourselves -- and me"

How about for the sake of honor and integrity? How about for the sake of duty and country? How about . . . well, I guess those are pretty fungible concepts and putting on a uniform and swearing an oath doesn't mean so much when it could be you that's held accountable.

Sure hope none of the guys in this company come back to the U.S. haunted by what they've done and react in unpredictable ways to their guilt and shame, if they're feeling any guilt or shame.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Not much honor and integrity in the Marines lately

[Orsino]

7. One sergeant seems to have done well...

...as far as documenting the corruption of his command.

[downindixie]

3. It looks like the evidence is already disappearing!

This story will be stopped!