.. .Most Popular Tricare Users Must Self Identify on 2014 Tax Forms Guantanamo Base Commander Relieved of Duty Firm Blends AR-15 and AK-47 Rifles to Create New Mk47 Mutant Army Orders Removal of God and Country Recruiting Sign On-Base Residents Lose Renters Insurance Due to BAH Cuts Jane Fonda on Vietnam War Comments: I Made a Huge, Huge Mistake Female Vet Reportedly Gets Shamed for Parking in Veteran-Reserved Spot Gun Makers Push the Limits on Tactical Shotgun Design USA USMC USN USAF USCG NG/RES Spouse . Todays Military Headlines Mosul Strikes are Start of New Effort against ISIS . 100 US Troops Headed to Middle East to ‘Survey’ Rebel Training Sites . Duke Basketball Center Works to Become Army Officer . Afghan Official Refuses $8M Barracks Due to Shoddy Construction . ISIS Hostage Videos: Are They Done Outside? . Pro-Russian Rebels Reject Peace Deal, Launch Offensive . . Associated Press | Jan 22, 2015 | by Lolita C. Baldor WASHINGTON — The Navy captain in charge of the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired and is being investigated in connection with an alleged affair with a woman on the base and the recent death of her husband, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Capt. John R. Nettleton was relieved of duty Wednesday due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command, the Navy said in a press release. The Navy would not comment on the details of the investigation. But U.S. officials said Nettleton is under investigation in connection with the death of Christopher Tur, who was found dead on Jan. 11. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they werent authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation. Tur, a civilian, was found dead in Guantanamo Bay waters on the western side of the base by the U.S. Coast Guard. He had been reported missing by his wife, also a civilian, the day before, officials said. Officials said the alleged affair between Nettleton and Turs wife was discovered during the course of the Naval Criminal Investigative Services investigation into his death. Officials did not provide any details on the cause of Turs death. Nettleton has served as commander of the Naval Station, but the job has no role in the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, which is located on the base and run by a joint task force. Nettleton has been temporarily reassigned to Navy Region Southeast in Jacksonville, Florida. He had been serving as commander at the Naval base since June 2012. U.S. officials said that Tur worked at the Navy Exchange on the base and that his wife is the director of the Navy Fleet and Family Services Center. They arrived on the base in 2011 .Most Popular Tricare Users Must Self Identify on 2014 Tax Forms Guantanamo Base Commander Relieved of Duty Firm Blends AR-15 and AK-47 Rifles to Create New Mk47 Mutant Army Orders Removal of God and Country Recruiting Sign On-Base Residents Lose Renters Insurance Due to BAH Cuts Jane Fonda on Vietnam War Comments: I Made a Huge, Huge Mistake Female Vet Reportedly Gets Shamed for Parking in Veteran-Reserved Spot Gun Makers Push the Limits on Tactical Shotgun Design More News Content Jane Fonda on Vietnam War Comments: I Made a Huge, Huge Mistake The Frederick News-Post, Md. | Jan 19, 2015 | by Paige Jones Jane Fonda said she hoped for an open dialogue with veterans after about 50 former military members and supporters protested the actresss appearance Friday evening at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Whenever possible I try to sit down with vets and talk with them, because I understand and it makes me sad, Fonda told a relatively full theater, responding to a submitted question. It hurts me and it will to my grave that I made a huge, huge mistake that made a lot of people think I was against the soldiers. In 1972, Fonda visited Hanoi, North Vietnam, where she criticized attacks on the dike system along the Red River. A U.S. investigation later revealed the publicity of these bombings as propaganda. Fondas statements and a photograph of her sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft battery outraged many Americans and veterans, leading many to call her Hanoi Jane and a traitor. Bob Hartman, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, said he blamed Fonda for breaking off negotiations among the countries and held her responsible for thousands of American lives. She encouraged North Vietnam to pull away from the negotiations table, he said, holding a sign outside the Court Street parking garage to protest her presence. She got Americans killed ... and she went to Vietnam to advance her husbands career. About 50 veterans, many of whom served in Vietnam, held signs saying Forgive? Maybe. Forget? Never and waved flags outside the theater for about two hours, occasionally booing people entering the Weinberg Center, including state Sen. Ron Young. But those people out there ... Im a lightning rod, Fonda said. This famous person goes and does something that looks like Im against the troops, which wasnt true, but it looked that way, and Im a convenient target. So I understand. However, Fonda said she did not regret traveling to North Vietnam, saying her time there was an incredible experience. We feel what she did was so egregious ... [she] really cost lives, said Mike McGowan, a Marine Corps veteran who served as an infantryman in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Among the protesters was Frederick County Councilman Tony Chmelik, who said he decided to support the veterans in honor of his father, who served in the military. [We want to] let everybody know we havent forgotten, said Tommy Grunwell, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam and helped organize the protest. At least one person turned out to demonstrate in favor of Fonda, saying the actresss work as an activist and founder of nonprofits helping women should also be recognized and represented. I feel like you cant vilify Jane Fonda but not vilify our government, said Gabrielle Hash, who stood among veterans holding a handmade poster in support of Fonda. During her hourlong talk, Fonda discussed the importance of adolescence in shaping womens and mens lives, and how she regained her courage and spunk in the third act of her life upon turning 60. My voice went underground, and it took me a long, long time to get it back, she said. Through working with adolescents at the nonprofits she founded, Fonda said she discovered that most girls are whole before approaching puberty; they know what they want and are not afraid to voice it. But upon entering adolescence, this voice fades as girls are pressured to fit in and mold themselves to societys ideals of a thin, popular woman. Her voice doesnt disappear, but it goes underground, Fonda said, describing how this plagued her through three marriages. But for boys, many are led to believe they need to act strong and fearless from the time they enter the formal school system at age 6, according to Fonda. They become emotionally illiterate, she said, adding that some of these boys later become violent when their masculinity is threatened in any way. In describing her own struggles with age, marriage and respect, Fonda urged audience members to seek forgiveness and happiness through small changes like daily meditation or walks outside for a longer and more fulfilled life. If ... we can manage to think positively ... we can actually alter the pathways in our brains, she said. Ive experienced it, so I know its true. It takes work, it takes intention. But man, is it worth it.
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