U.S. Army investigating after Confederate flag is raised at barracks in Germany

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Ron Filipkowski
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The US and German national flags were stolen from the Second Cavalry Regiment in Vilseck, Germany, and a Confederate flag was flying from the flagpole outside the HQ. The flag was quickly removed and the incident is being investigated.

U.S. Army investigating after Confederate flag is raised at barracks in Germany
washingtonpost.com
4:37 AM · Oct 5, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/05/rose-barracks-vilseck-germany-confederate/

Defense officials are investigating the theft of American and German national flags from a building at a U.S. military base in Germany, and the raising of a Confederate flag on a nearby flagpole at the same installation, an Army spokesman said on Tuesday.

The flags were stolen by “an unknown individual” who entered the headquarters building of the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment — a 5,000-person detachment based in Vilseck, Germany, according to a statement from Maj. John Ambelang, the unit spokesman.

The theft of the flags constitutes larceny of government property, Ambelang said. Investigators are looking at camera recordings, he added. The Confederate flag discovered on a pole outside the regiment’s headquarters was removed immediately, he said.

The unit doesn’t have reason to believe the incident was anything more than an isolated act of misconduct by one person, Ambelang said. “As with any misconduct, the command will take appropriate action after considering all the facts surrounding the incident,” he said. That could mean administrative or judicial disciplinary actions up to trial by court-martial, he said.

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[FSogol]

1. File another one under: South Fails to Rise Again

I look forward to the followup story where the former soldier is caught.

[hlthe2b]

2. I hope they nail the responsible party(ies)

[krispos42]

3. I see somebody wants to spend the rest of their enlistment...

...peeling potatoes at a military outpost in Yemen.

[marble falls]

4. What's to invesitigate past "Who?".

[blueinredohio]

5. No cameras?

[viva la]

6. Next, a Nazi flag!

Somehow I doubt our German hosts will be as open to that we seem to be about our own flag of treason.

[denbot]

7. To strike the colors of the United States and raise an enemy's flag..

That is a court martial level offence. This shit in the ranks must be rooted out NOW.