FOX News: Decision looms for Army sergeant who protected Afghan boy
A decorated Army sergeant who protected an Afghan boy from a child molester could find out any day whether his actions will end his career in the military.
Sgt. First Class Charles Martland, a Green Beret with an 11-year Special Forces career, was stationed in Afghanistan in 2011 when the boy's mother came to him and said she'd been beaten and her son raped by a local police commander. Martland and another soldier summoned the police official and, when the man laughed at them, threw him off the base. Martland and Daniel Quinn were both disciplined for their actions.
Last year, amid military cuts, the Army Human Resources Command recommended Martland be discharged in part based on his disciplinary record, but an official decision by U.S. Army brass is expected by March 1.
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Update: Decision Imminent for Green Beret Who Confronted Afghan Child Rapist (Washington Free Beacon)
WNU Editor: The bigger scandal is the Pentagon's silence on the rampant sexual abuse of children in Afghanistan being done by our allies.
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