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XXXXXXXXXX [ Col. David M. Miller, Commander of the 10th Mountain Division's Second Brigade ] He will testify that the brigade did not want to take the wrong personnel forward, nor did the brigade want to leave a large rear D [detachment] behind for a small staff to manage and lead. He expected the leaders in the Brigade to identify, those soldiers who should not deploy. He will testify that his S-2, the officer in charge of PFC Manning, XXXXXXXXXX, [ Maj. Cliff Clausen ] was not up to the standard of performance that he expected out of someone in that position. Based upon his discussions with then XXXXXXXXXX [WHO IS THIS?] and XXXXXXXXXX [ WHO IS THIS? ], XXXXXXXXXX [ Col. David M. Miller, Commander of the 10th Mountain Division's Second Brigade ] decided it was best to remove XXXXXXXXXX [ Maj. Cliff Clausen ] from his position as the S2 and place XXXXXXXXXX [ Captain Steven Lim ] into that job. He will testify that from his perspective, the issues surrounding PFC Manning should have been something that the S2 personnel would have been more involved in than the company. However, there were several issues that may have impacted the response to PFC Manning's issues. First, during that time period [ AROUND MAY OR APRIL 2010 ] the former company commander, XXXXXXXXXX [ A YET UNIDENTIFIED CAPTAIN ] was relieved over property accountability and due to the fact he was not making good decisions. Second, XXXXXXXXXX [ Master Sergeant Paul David Adkins (now Sergeant First Class due to administrative action) ], the NCOIC [Non Commissioned Officer in Charge] in the S2 Section, was 'marginal, but not bad enough to either relieve or replace. He will testify that then XXXXXXXXXX [ WHAT IS THIS? ] was technically competent but that he lacked leader skills expected of a XXXXXXXXXX [ WHAT IS THIS? ]. He will also testify that commanders (in conjunction with their unit security manager) are allotted 30 days to submit an initial DA 5248-R following the discovery of credible derogatory information on a Soldier. After the initial DEROG is submitted and processed by SID/CCF [Security Investigations Division/ Central Clearance Facility], the unit has 90 days to submit a follow-up 5248-R if there is a pending investigation or adverse action taken (e.g., summary court-martial). Once the investigation/proceedings are completed and the Soldier has been cleared/charged of offense, the unit must submit a final DEROG. In this case, he will testify that then XXXXXXXXXX [ Master Sergeant Paul David Adkins (now Sergeant First Class due to administrative action) ] failed to keep the chain of command informed of PFC Manning emotional and mental condition. He will testify that this failure resulted in the command not submitting a DEROG in a timely manner. |
