Hard landing
The Tribune's military affairs reporter Matt LaPlante offers a very human glimpse into the life of a man who can only be described as a Utah anti-hero.
Helicopter pilot Curtis Whiteford retired from the Utah National Guard in 2002 after an investigation revealed he had claimed "an extraordinary number of days with
additional pay." Some guardsmen, at the time, were disturbed with unequal military justice that vigorously prosecutes enlisted men, while giving officers an out of resigning.
But Whiteford held onto his Army commission and transfered to a California-based Reserve division.
He also moved on to a criminal indictment.
Whiteford allegedly ignored his wife's warnings to refuse dirty cash from a contractor in Iraq. Prosecutors last year charged the former Riverton resident with taking thousands of dollars in gifts and conspiring to divert government funds into a private security firm.
His trial in a New Jersey federal court begins in March.
If the military is your job, or you just want to give LaPlante hell, here's his blog.
Helicopter pilot Curtis Whiteford retired from the Utah National Guard in 2002 after an investigation revealed he had claimed "an extraordinary number of days with
additional pay." Some guardsmen, at the time, were disturbed with unequal military justice that vigorously prosecutes enlisted men, while giving officers an out of resigning.But Whiteford held onto his Army commission and transfered to a California-based Reserve division.
He also moved on to a criminal indictment.
Whiteford allegedly ignored his wife's warnings to refuse dirty cash from a contractor in Iraq. Prosecutors last year charged the former Riverton resident with taking thousands of dollars in gifts and conspiring to divert government funds into a private security firm.
His trial in a New Jersey federal court begins in March.
If the military is your job, or you just want to give LaPlante hell, here's his blog.
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