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Soldier

A U.S. soldier on riot control* duty

The word soldier derives from the Middle English word soudeour, from Old French soudeer or soudeour, meaning mercenary, from soudee, meaning shilling's worth or wage, from sou or soud, shilling.^[1] The word is also related to the Medieval Latin soldarius, meaning soldier (literally, "one having pay").^[2] These words ultimately derive from the Late Latin word solidus, 

referring to an Ancient Roman coin used in the Byzantine Empire.^[1][2]

US soldiers sold military fuel to Afghans, says monitoring group

May 08, 2015
WASHINGTON: US courts have convicted several soldiers in Afgh­an­istan for their part in selling $15 million worth of military fuel to Afghans, according to a report prepared by the Center for Public Integrity, a monitoring group.

The report uncovered $52m worth of fraud through theft, bribery and other petty crimes, but says “it’s only the tip of the iceberg”.

“The magnitude of additional losses from fraud, waste, and abuse by contractors, civilians, and allied foreign troops in Afghanistan has never been tallied. Officials probing such crimes say the total is in the billions of dollars,” the report adds.

John F. Sopko, US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan, told a US media outlet that his agency had probably uncovered less than half of the fraud committed by members of the military in Afghanistan.

The Center for Public Integrity, a US nonprofit monitoring group, which compiled two recent reports on corruption in Afghanistan, says that the United States also lost billions of dollars in financing Afghan military and police forces. The report claims that US assistance to Afghan soldiers and police is still based on ragged data.

U.S. Attorney: Fort Campbell Soldiers Sold Stolen Military Equipment Overseas

OCTOBER 6, 2016 4:00 PM
A U.S. attorney announced charges Thursday against six soldiers and two civilians stationed at Fort Campbell who were indicted after allegedly selling stolen Army equipment on eBay.

The federal indictment charges that the eight men in 2013 "sold certain U.S. Army equipment that is never offered for sale by the U.S. Department of Defense as surplus," the Tennessean reported.

The stolen material, including barrel assemblies and heat shields for machine guns and a sight for a grenade launcher, totaled over $1 million, according to the indictment. The equipment had been housed in warehouses near the base in Clarksville, Tennessee.

The Defense Department had classified the equipment as "DEMIL D," meaning it must be destroyed by the military and cannot be sold.

The equipment was sold to buyers located in 11 countries, including Russia, China, Ukraine, Mexico, and Romania.

‘Easy money’ made selling Army weapons stolen by US soldiers

Wed., Aug. 30, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – More than $1 million in weapons parts and sensitive military equipment was stolen out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and sold in a vast black market, some of it to foreign buyers through eBay, according to testimony at a federal trial this week.

The equipment – some of it re-sold to buyers in Russia, China, Mexico, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Ukraine – included machine gun and rifle parts, body armor, helmets, gun sights, generators, medical equipment and more.

TWO U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO SELL STOLEN WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES TO MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL

2/28/19
wo U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal specialists have been indicted over allegations they tried to sell firearms and C-4 explosives bound for Mexico—an issue the U.S. Army attempted to keep quiet since their arrest last November, according to sources.

Former U.S. Army soldier Tyler J. Sumlin and Sergeant First Class Jason W. Jarvis were charged with eight felony counts after trying to sell multiple firearms, military grade equipment, and C-4 plastic explosives and detonators to undercover agents with Homeland Security Investigations, an investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, in El Paso, Texas, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Newsweek.

For months, rumors of the arrest and the attempted sale of weapons and explosives to Mexican Cartels circulated the Defense Department's explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community, but with no official press releases from Army brass or news articles, the incident was chalked up to fabricated stories told between service members.

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