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Military Gangs
This story reveals the growing problem of military gangs in the U.S. Armed Forces. It focuses on a soldier who died after being beaten to death by fellow gang members in Germany.
Tags: Gangster Disciples; Marine Corps; Criminal Investigative Unit;
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Safety Second?
This investigation revealed that the US Marine Corps awarded a $300 million vehicle contract to a company that produced sub-standard vehicles which did not meet the Marines' own safety standards. This vehicle with no doors and no roof (called The Growler) was chosen over a superior vehicle designed by Detroit engineers.
Tags: military contract; federal government; Middle East conflict; army; transportation; combat
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Command Mistake
As a result of this WISH-TV (Indianapolis, IN) report, the United States Marine Corps is now issuing helmets with ballistic padding to all marines. Previously, only the Army was issuing padded helmets; and some marines were buying their own padding. The story showed that college football players' helmets were more protective than the marine helmet."The cost to care for a head-injured soldier with permanent brain damage is $2.5 to $3 million. The cost of the helmet pads is as little as $30." Story contains on-ground elements filmed in Germany and Iraq.
Tags: Traumatic brain injury research; TBI; concussion; ballistic pad testing; football helmet testing; Kevlar helmet; roadside bomb blasts; Commanding General George Casey; Baghdad; Fallujah; Landstuhl Medical Center, Germany; Riddell; Brigadier General John Kelley; Congressman Steve Buyer; Indiana National Guard; Roudebush VA Medical Center; craniectomy; aphasia; Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz; Joint Theater Trauma Registry; Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center; DVBIC; Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital; Traumatic Brain Injury in the War Zone; Susan Okie, MD; New England Journal of Medicine; American Football Coaches Association; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program
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Series on V-22 Osprey
The author's investigation delved into the problems arising from the V-22 Osprey, a controversial and expensive aircraft program that suffered two fatal mishaps in 2000.
Tags: military; Navy; V-22 Osprey; Marine Corp; Pentagon; Department of Defense
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Flawed Body Armor
U.S. Marine Corps purchased about 19,000 supposedly bullet-resistant protective body armor vests from production lots that were failed by government testers for production flaws that made them less resistant to bullets. The Corps sent more than 5,000 of those vests to troops in Iraq and recalled them just days before this story ran.
Tags: army; military; defense; war; federal government; government expenditure; safety; war; body armor vests; military procurement
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Welcome Back Warrior
The tragic suicide of mentally ill Marine Corps veteran Brian Callan was the catalyst for an analysis of how the Department of Veterans Affairs fails to assist soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and a variation called peacekeeper's traumatic stress disorder. The VA has cut special services for those with PTSD, like Callan who served in Lebanon, Desert Storm and Somalia, nearly to extinction,
Tags: Marine Corps; peacekeeper's traumatic stress disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; suicide; Department of Veteran Affairs; VA; Brian Callan
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2002 IRE National Conference Show and Tell Tape #2
2002 IRE National Conference (San Francisco) Show and Tell Tape #2 features the following stories 1) Tim Minton (WNBC-New York City) Security at local hospitals are lacking. 2) Brian Collister (KMOL-San Antonio) An inordinate number of court case have been thrown out of the local county court because judges ruled the defendants lacked a speedy trial. 3) Clips from a PBS project concerning scientists' genetic experiments. 4) Kevin Quinn (KFSN-Fresno) Area residents are suspicious of a local Muslim village called Baladullah, where the sounds gunfire has been heard emanating from the grounds. 5) Dan Noyes (KGO-San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose) Guardrails in California are often installed incorrectly, turning the protective barriers into potential dangers. 6) Craig Fiegener (ABC 30 Action News) Fifteen travelers are swindled by a travel agency, which sold them unconfirmed tickets for a cruise. 7) Joel Grover (CBS 2-Los Angeles) An undercover investigation reveals that valet parking attendants at LA's hottest night clubs steal from their customers. 8) Paul Gallagher (60 Minutes) An investigation of the U.S. Marine Corps' MV-22 "Osprey" aircraft reveals serious mechanical problems that contributed to two crashes in 2000, which killed 23 Marines. 60 Minutes also reports that "senior officers in the Osprey squadron had deliberately falsified maintenance records and lied about the aircraft's readiness -- in an apparent effort by the Marine Corps to win Pentagon approval for full production of the aircraft, at a projected cost to U.S. taxpayers of $41 billion." 9) Tom Martino (KDVR-Denver) An undercover investigation reveals that many beauty salons use a dangerous chemical to make fake nails. 10) (WGHP-Greensboro) An investigation reveals that construction works who built the homes in a subdivision failed to install the chimneys correctly, making them dangerous for those who live there. 11) Darcy Spears (KVBC-Las Vegas) A hearing aid center uses bait and switch tactics to take advantage of the elderly. 12) Jim Kenyon (WSTM-Syracuse, New York) Criminals in Canada involved in advance fee loan scams trick Americans out of thousands of dollars. 13) Bob Segall (WITI-Milwaukee) An undercover investigation reveals that security guards at a local county courthouse don't do a good job of stopping banned items from entering the building. 14) Karen Hensel (WISH-Indianapolis) Marian County inspectors don't always review homes under construction. 15) (WBTV-Charlotte, N.C.) Members of the Iredell-Statesville School Board use district funds to attend an education conference -- but then skip the convention and go on a vacation to Disney World, all on the taxpayer's dime. 16) Valeri Williams (WFAA-Dallas/Fort Worth) WFAA-TV follows up its 2000 IRE Awards entry with this return investigation into Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital. Reporter Williams and producer Schucker continued their investigation, focusing on Dr. Lydia Grotti and her connection to suspicious and overlooked deaths in the emergency room. As a result of WFAA-TV's investigation the Texas Department of Health began conducting its own investigation and discovered additional deaths that took place in the ER. The county district attorney's office called in a special prosecutor to examine a total of eight suspicious deaths in connection with Dr. Grotti at the hospital. On Tape #2 is a short clip of Williams' work. Tape #3 features the entire series of stories she played at Show and Tell.
Tags: TAPE; San Francisco; conference; no transcripts; IRE
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Osprey Investigation
CBS News investigates problems with the V-22 Osprey aircraft, which led to a crash that killed 23 marines. Officers in charge of the program ordered maintenance and flight records of the Osprey's altered to make them look better. Documents also revealed that the aircraft had not undergone enough testing.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Osprey V-22; U.S. Marine Corps
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The Osprey
A 60 Minutes investigation of the U.S. Marine Corps' MV-22 "Osprey" aircraft reveals serious mechanical problems that contributed to two crashes in 2000, which killed 23 Marines. 60 Minutes also reports that "senior officers in the Osprey squadron had deliberately falsified maintenance records and lied about the aircraft's readiness -- in an apparent effort by the Marine Corps to win Pentagon approval for full production of the aircraft, at a projected cost to U.S. taxpayers of $41 billion."
Tags: Osprey; Marines; U.S. military
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The last battle: the Mayaguez incident and the end of the Vietnam war
Wetterhahn's book tells "the complete story of the last military contest of the Vietnam war" - the hijacking and the release of the U.S. merchant ship, S.S. Mayaguez. The author is the first to report that three missing American Marines inadvertently left behind by their peers, whose fate was unknown so far, were eventually captured and executed. The book examines some of the government blunders in the Vietnam war.
Tags: BOOK; veterans; military; Pentagon; Marine Corps; navy