It was a nasty evil thing to do back during the Vietnam war. People would call families claiming to be the military and tell their son had been killed and the family would later find it was a lie. Mental and emotional abuse and torture of the worse kind. Well what once was old is new again... but still just as evil and heartless. Only this time the media is being compliant.
Calls are being made to families and the words no family with a soldier wants to hear are uttered " We regret to inform you"... Only to find out their soldier is alive and well. It's done to break morale and inflict injury on the families. Not only that but on our troops also. Now instead of our soldiers being able to completely focus on their mission they have the burden of worrying about something like this happening to their loved ones who are suppose to be safe at home.
The father says he later called military officials to get details of his son's death and was told that his son is alive. Ray Jasper says the officials couldn't explain the earlier call.
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Now I can imagine the emotions this man went through. The complete and utter shattering of his world. And whoever made that call intended for him to suffer. It was not a PRANK. It was a intentional infliction of mental abuse and emotional pain on this man and his family. I am not sure what laws are in affect to punish this but they are not strong enough.
The Media, CBS News in this case, is reporting this hideous behavior as a mistake of the military. Well It wasn't! I know for a fact the military will not call a family to deliver this type of news. Even if the family is not home they will either stand guard until they return or find them and go to them. They tell the family by looking into their eyes. Telling the families is one of the most difficult jobs in the military and my heart goes out to the causality officers who perform it.. also my respect.
Another version of these calls is to tell you your loved was wounded.. usually these calls request a verification of the soldier's social security number and then the soldier's identity is stolen. If these people are not oblivious to the family's suffering they are just as evil.
These types of calls and attacks on the families of our troops are terrorism in themselves. I am getting very angry and sick of the abuse put up on our troops and their families...
It's time to get VERY LOUD about it and start fighting back against these type of terror tactics and abuses of our troops and their families. Again this is an attack on our military and their families! I can't say it strongly enough. This is ABUSE and Terrorism!
Note: A similar incident happened at Ft Campbell last fall where two men actually went to a woman's home and falsely told her her husband was killed.
Republished with permission from Knotties Niche
WOTN Note: While these seem to be isolated incidents, many go unreported and there is a need for families to become proactive in combatting the grisly acts of the perpetuators. Families should first *know* that the Military will never give this bad news over the telephone. The Military will always report it in person.
If a family member receives such a phone call, one should immediately go into investigative mode. Write down the number from Caller ID. Ask for the name and number of the caller. Keep the person on the line as long as possible. Call your telephone provider and report the malicious call and ensure the phone company records the information from the caller for a police report, immediately after the call. Record as much information as you can about the caller on paper or computer file (many phones have a text notes function) to include the voice patterns and any dialects of the voice you can identify. Then call the police and military with the information you have.
If the caller has falsely identified themselves as a member of LE or the Military, there are additional charges that can be filed against them. The bottom line is that the malicious call is itself a crime.
If it seems that this is a pet issue of mine, it is because I know of (and considered to be an isolated incident) a case where a teenage daughter in High School received a text message from an untraced number stating "Your dad is dead" one day before he was killed. It wasn't clairvoyance. It wasn't ESP. It wasn't a prophecy. It was simple meanness that coincided with his sacrifice.
It went unreported. Catch these people if they attempt to victimize you.
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