Sex, alcohol and violence collided in murder case ensnaring SEALs and Marines
I have mentioned this case in another thread. This is an update- we now know what happened. SEALs, MARSOC, and Army SoF were working together in Africa. There was some animosity between them, but the incident appears to be the typical hazing that is seen in elite units. Unfortunately an Army SoF sergeant was killed. Two SEALs (from Seal Team 6) and two Marine SoF broken into the Army guy's room. He was put into a choke hold and his legs duct taped (probably arms too). It seems as if the MARSOC guys will get light punishment (still a career killer) and the Seals may get stiffer sentences.
I have been choked out like this before. If done correctly it is harmless. And funny to all except the unconscious guy.After a long night of drinking in Mali’s capital, two Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders smashed their way into Army Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar’s room with a sledgehammer.
Armed with duct tape, they had a goal, two of the alleged assailants recalled: teach the Green Beret soldier a lesson for leaving them behind in traffic on the way to a party at the French Embassy. It was the latest chapter in a feud between Melgar and the SEALs, who had traded accusations about careless behavior that could threaten their mission.
One of the SEALs, Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony E. DeDolph,
a former professional mixed-martial-arts fighter and a Purple Heart recipient, jumped on Melgar and put him in a chokehold on his bed sometime after 5 a.m., two of the men later told authorities. The other SEAL, Chief Petty Officer Adam C. Matthews, grabbed Melgar’s legs, while the two Marines sought to duct-tape them.
They moved on to Melgar’s wrists but realized he had stopped breathing.
“At this point, we immediately began attempts to revive SSGT Melgar,” Matthews recalled in a written description of that night’s events that he recently signed and submitted to the military. “He remained unresponsive, so we laid him back down and I began rescue breaths while the tape was cut off of him.”
“His chest rose and fell from my rescue breaths, and during one of the breaths, I saw red-
tinted spittle come out of his mouth and hit me in the face.”