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James Alex Fields Jr. (terrorist) is the name of the driver of the car that rammed into (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP
Here ya go: no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #1
. Roland99 Aug 2017 #2
His nickname is probably Jim Alex "Jones" Fields. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #3
Sad...In many ways speaktruthtopower Aug 2017 #4
wait a second lunasun Aug 2017 #5
This guy is a member of the Armed Services? Tatiana Aug 2017 #7
for 5 months?? lunasun Aug 2017 #10
For only 4 months Horse with no Name Aug 2017 #11
Dishonorable Discharge? speaktruthtopower Aug 2017 #13
Probably just a lazy blowhard with anal cysts Horse with no Name Aug 2017 #14
Section 8? nt DURHAM D Aug 2017 #16
Trainee Discharge jmowreader Aug 2017 #20
Yep probably. My basic training was 4 months long underpants Aug 2017 #27
Looks like he may have been booted! rufus dog Aug 2017 #8
i wouldn't even call him ex military after 5 months and out lunasun Aug 2017 #12
Me either Horse with no Name Aug 2017 #15
Swiftly identified thank goodness . Didn't need him well trained and around dangerous things lunasun Aug 2017 #17
Reservist? Kingofalldems Aug 2017 #21
It isn't Driver James Fields rufus dog Aug 2017 #6
Yes. Terrorist. applegrove Aug 2017 #9
Put his name were it belongs, aside Dawson Leery Aug 2017 #18
I'm afraid notoriety is exactly what he was going for. Better to ignore the crazies. lindysalsagal Aug 2017 #19
That little bastard will spend the .. Hieronymus Aug 2017 #22
Yup. Attempted murder of 19. Murder of one. He is gone. applegrove Aug 2017 #24
He's now in the same degenerate class as Timothy McVeigh. roamer65 Aug 2017 #23
Kick ck4829 Aug 2017 #25
American ISIS. Historic NY Aug 2017 #26

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
2. .
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:44 PM
Aug 2017

The car is registered to 20-year-old James Alex Fields of Ohio, according to vehicle registration records reviewed by The Washington Post. Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Superintendent Martin Kumer told The Post that a man with the same name and age was booked Saturday on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding, failure to stop for an accident involving a death, and hit and run. Kumer said Fields is being held without bail.

https://everipedia.org/wiki/james-alex-fields-jr/

Registered Republican
Active duty army, 2015

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
5. wait a second
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:55 PM
Aug 2017

He is registered to vote in Lucas County, Ohio​ and put his party affiliation as Republican.[1]​In addition, James is registered as the owner of a Gray 2010 Dodge Challenger​ that ran into protesters at the Unite the Right​ rally.[2]​



Military Service
From August 18th to December 11th, 2015, James was listed as an Active Duty Service Member in the United States Army​.[24]​

what ?????????^^^^^^^^

Unite the Right Rally


Source: https://everipedia.org/wiki/james-alex-fields-jr/#ixzz4pamXU8bA

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
20. Trainee Discharge
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 09:51 PM
Aug 2017

The Army has a six-month probationary period in which they can throw you out easily if you aren't good soldier material. I've seen his photos, and if I had to hazard a guess I would choose one of three things:

Most likely: Failed to maintain acceptable body fat index.
Next: Repeated Physical Fitness Test failures.
And then: Failure to adapt to military life.

He could have also failed a lot of tests during training, blown his security screening, displayed a "pattern of minor misconduct"...hell, it could be anything. What we DO know is, since he got discharged at four months he was still in initial entry training and his company commander decided he was more trouble than he was worth.

underpants

(182,283 posts)
27. Yep probably. My basic training was 4 months long
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 09:00 AM
Aug 2017

Cav Scout. We did One Site Unit Training so we did basic and learned about our vehicle all at once. For almost every other MOS they go to basic for 8 weeks to learn basic soldiering - everything in the "smart book" - marching, rank, read a map, qualify on a M16, throw 2 grenades, etc. then they have a week, as I understood it, to travel home and then to their actual job training. Even infantry does that, they are lumped in with truck drivers electricians cooks etc. then they go to Advanced Infantry Training.

He could very well have flunked out of basic or at his specific training. Releasing someone from the military isn't as easy as "you're fired. Get out" lots of paper work and clearing the unit and community. We were given a month to clear. I got it done in 3 days and just relaxed the rest of the month.

We had a guy in basic who flunked out of telephone installer training (he wasn't very bright) so they gave him a choice - discharge or go combat arms (Cav Infantry Tanker Artillery). He chose to be a Scout so he had to go through a fresh new 16 weeks. Nice trick by the recruiter- 16 weeks doesn't sound like 4 months when you sign up. Anyway had this guy chosen discharge it would have taken a while before he was actually out. Guys I knew who went AWOL (bad unit, we had several who went AWOL) still took another 2 months to get all the legal stuff taken care of.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
8. Looks like he may have been booted!
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:58 PM
Aug 2017

Who was it who said the biggest domestic terrorist threats were ex military and white?

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
26. American ISIS.
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:30 AM
Aug 2017

ISIS and Al Qaeda have specifically called for the type of attack that just happened in London

http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-al-qaeda-london-attack-2017-3


Islamic State advised supporters to run over Western ‘disbelievers’ in cars two years before Nice attack

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/isis-told-supporters-run-people-cars-years-nice-article-1.2712241


ISIS Inspired By Times Square Crash, Warns of Vehicle Attacks on NYC Tourist Hub

http://www.newsweek.com/isis-times-square-crash-attack-612484

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