Bob McCarty Writes

Watch the video below and imagine how Brian Banks, a once-promising prep football star in Southern California, must be feeling after the woman who turned his world upside down by accusing him of rape and kidnapping 10 years ago recanted her story.  Then imagine how Green Beret Sgt. 1st Class Kelly A. Stewart must be feeling [...]

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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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After waiting 30 days — so far — for the U.S. Army to fulfill my request via the Freedom of Information Act, I’ve concluded that Army officials would rather keep certain unclassified information about the so-called “green-on-blue” attacks in Afghanistan out of the public eye.  Below is an update to my May 1 post on [...]

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Following the story of Army Ranger 1LT Michael Behenna has been a long and winding process that, to date, has required more than 50 posts to explain.  Today’s installment comes in the form of an update from his parents, Scott and Vicki Behenna: To the thousands of Michael Behenna supporters, Many of you have been [...]

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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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