Bob McCarty Writes

Armed Forces Day was a great day as I spent much of the afternoon signing copies of my book, “Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice.” Below are photos from the event. Thanks to the folks at Barnes & Noble and to everyone who turned out for this [...]

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News accounts, including a recent article in the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer, reveal that U.S. Southern Command is investigating the alleged roles of five soldiers from 7th Special Forces Group in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia. Wanting to learn more, I contacted a friend, retired after serving his country as a Green Beret for [...]

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ON AUGUST 20, 2009, Stars and Stripes editors were understandably quick to publish Sgt. 1st Class Kelly A. Stewart‘s mugshot after he was convicted and sentenced by a court-martial panel during three days in August 2009. Since then, however, they have been unwilling to publish details of what actually took place inside a U.S. military [...]

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By releasing the FY 2011 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military on a Friday, Department of Defense officials must have secretly hoped no one in the news media would notice. A couple of days have passed since its release, but I noticed. More importantly, I suspect others — including Sergeant 1st Class Kelly [...]

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Sometimes, I like to imagine what the future might hold. Today, while perusing USA TODAY‘s Best-Selling Books list, I imagined what next week’s list might look like. Could Three Days in August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice sell more copies than Suzanne Collins’ chart-topping books?  Anything’s possible with your help! Read [...]

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Amazon.com customers who’ve read my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice, continue to sing its praises via 5-star reviews. The text of a review published yesterday under the headline, Military Justice Gone Bad, appears below: My experience with the military, came in 1968 when I was [...]

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In 22 and 26 days, respectively, appeal hearings will be held for two U.S. Army soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Kelly A. Stewart and 1LT Michael C. Behenna. The hearings could leave permanent and indelible marks on the lives of these young men who served their country with honor during times of war, were wrongfully convicted [...]

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