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Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast

This podcast analyzes the crimes committed by US military personnel - the very people who swore to protect the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, only to become the sort of monsters we fear.

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061 United States v. Hill

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/04/15

Eight young men started the night at various happy events, celebrating the end of an arduous week of work. Then, they clashed in an unplanned roadside encounter. Although they'd been at parties, they had at least a combined four knives between them, some brandished, some reserved. The two groups struggled to find common ground in what had become a racially charged atmosphere. Fortunately, they found their common thread and the tension began to dissipate. Unfortunately, an intoxicated Private Hill

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28:37

060 United States v. Greene-Watson

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/04/01

There’s been a lot of discussion in the legal community about the culpability of those whose brains have not yet fully developed. I think that’s why college has such a deserved reputation for being formative. Your brain is still developing and you’re processing new experiences and shaping your worldview, giving you the chance to outgrow your high school, hometown self. The military offers many of America’s young women and men that same opportunity. I'd argue Senior Airman Greene-Watson didn’t make

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22:46

059 United States v. Lovett

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/03/18

I've shared before that military moves force everyone into creating quick community ties so that everyone can keep their heads above water and feel tethered to their new duty station while they're miles away from the comforts of wherever feels like home. Where spouses and children are moving to new places and forging new relationships… that new community, if safe, can be vital in identifying signs of abuse that would otherwise be hidden or swept under the rug by frequent disconnection and moving

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21:01

058 United States v. Brassfield

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/03/04

When we talk about personal liberties, we necessarily carry with that discourse the question of how far our right to do something extends. To that end, a quote that has long stuck with me is from Oliver Wendel Holmes Jr., who observed that the right to swing his fist ended where another man’s nose begins. As applied to this case, I’d suggest that the right to physically discipline your child ends well before injury begins. I relied heavily on the ACCA opinion and referenced materials from the

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18:10

057 United States v. Tarin

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/02/18

Back in my sorority days, I often served as one of the sober sisters for events. The task was pretty simple--keeping an eye on my sisters. Sometimes it involved passing flip flops to whoever thought stilettos were danceable or a plastic bag to those who looked green around the gills on the bus ride back. We had a few sober sisters at each event, including the President, Vice President of Social Standards, volunteers, and sometimes those that required close monitoring at the previous event--sort of a

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27:43

056 United States v. Fat Leonard

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/02/04

People who were stationed in Okinawa sometime before the internet became commonplace waggle their eyebrows at you when you say you lived there. The island had a Bacchanalian reputation, known for its promise of misanthropic adventures. The appetite for easy sex, alcohol fueled parties, and cheap experiences that garnered Okinawa’s 1990s reputation didn’t go anywhere, and a rotund defense contractor that understood how to meet that appetite knew he could leverage it to make millions. I relied

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22:40

055 United States v. Praefke

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/01/21

Every so often, I get it in my head that I need to find some hyper specific item that I know I own. The downside to living in two countries and two states in the last three years is that I can visualize the item exactly where it was in Japan or Virginia, but draw a blank for our current home. There are a few stages of looking for the object. First, I look to where items of a similar type are stored. Second, I pester my spouse and ask where it might be. Third, I start to wonder if maybe it got lost

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23:02

054 Michigan v. Hassel

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2025/01/07

You’ve made it through the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Perhaps your season went well, there were no fights about politics, and you got to see the people you love and care for most. Perhaps your season was the exact opposite, and you’re relieved to be past Christmas and New Years, retreating from family gatherings for the foreseeable future. Wherever your holiday fell along that spectrum, if everyone made it out alive, you had a much better holiday than the Hassel family in 2018. My

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23:49

053 Arizona v. Gooch

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/12/24

Four hundred years ago, the religious climate in England was tense. Religious wars were nothing new, and the head of state was also the head of the Anglican church. It was a dangerous set up that served to further the absolute power of the monarchy. People harboring a devotion to other faiths needed a place where they could go and practice their religion without fear it was a criminal violation. When colonists began moving to America, it was under the promise that they could practice their religion

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17:21

052 United States v. Cassaberry-Folks

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/12/10

Single servicemembers that deploy from duty stations stateside often put their belongings in some kind of storage. It's a dicey proposition because some storage facilities are terrible. Cars present their own special challenge and dead batteries are common. When a friend of ours was out of the country for six months, I was great at starting the car up for the first few months, but my streak soon fell apart. I got the battery replaced and I was able to drop the car off for him a few hours before he

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24:16

051 Japan v. Gadson

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/11/26

A listener note: I recorded this while in the final throes of a cold that I though I had beat, but heard in my voice in the first few words. Sadly, I've not yet found a filter to de-nasalfy a recording. I can certify, however, that the case is worth pushing through the empathy-based discomfort for. One night while driving in Okinawa, my eyes wandered to the side of the road where a young Japanese woman was walking. She wore heels and walked slowly. She had her headphones in both ears, had her

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21:04

050 Texas v. Perry

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/11/12

Our cell phones bear witness to our insecurities, patiently returning search results for the things that spark in our brains that we need immediate answers to. Mine, if you were wondering, would tattle on me for my deep election anxiety. Army Sergeant Perry’s phone laid out a path to radicalization - winding around his interest in underage girls, past his view that Afghans weren’t people, and ending in the murder of a racial justice advocate. I relied on three legal documents (1)(2)(3), and a

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24:53

049 United States v. Smith

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/10/29

About this time two years ago, the weather in Virginia had just begun to shift from crisp to cold and I decided it was time to fill up my tires because the cold made the air inside sluggish. I first tried to plump them up at Costco, but I’m an early bird and I got there before hours and their pumps weren’t turned on. I knew that my impatience meant I’d have to pay to fill the tires, but set off for a gas station near my house anyway. When I got there, I was able to pull right into the spot next to

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28:34

048 United States v. Hirst

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/10/15

At work, I have a little white board where I can see at a glance where all of my projects are - it’s not entirely dissimilar to the surgery board in Grey’s Anatomy, except my projects are not life or death and don’t require nearly so much room. It’s color coded, and I’m acutely aware when any one task is hanging out longer than it should be. I think, given my work organizational skills, I’d be excellent at maintaining a chain of evidence. Fortunately, or unfortunately, for Gunnery Sergeant Hirst,

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28:24

047 United States v. Helvey

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/10/01

I used to have this recurring nightmare about going into a restroom and instead of finding a stereotypical American toilet, I’d encounter the kind that required the user to squat over them. It didn’t occur to me until I wandered into a nature park restroom in Japan that the style of restroom was common in the areas my family traveled when I was very young, leaving the indelible mark on my developing brain. My restroom nightmare was objectively so silly and borne of unfamiliarity with that

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24:42

046 Texas v. Murphy

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/09/17

I am a human who gets to the airport with as much lead time as possible to get through security, confirm my gate exists, and then try to be chill. I say try because I have no chill while traveling. I stress sweat and keep getting up to see if our plane has pulled up to our gate. I have the best of intentions with the most generous of timelines, and things still routinely go haywire. One sailor, Marcus Murphy, had no such fears and forged ahead with a much leaner travel schedule. He had to be

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24:46

045 United States v. Cook

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/09/03

When a job is wrapping up, it’s only natural to turn an eye to what comes next. Folks getting out of the military can speak with people trained in supporting servicemembers transitioning into civilian life and get one-on-one support with resume writing, job applications, and interview preparation. That route isn’t for everyone, and some people forge their own path into civilian life. For Airman Cook, preparing for his administrative separation from the Air Force, that path looked like partnering

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24:53

044 Washington v. Byrne

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/08/20

What we don’t talk about in the Bar is that law school ruins eyeballs. Looking between our incoming class photo and photos from my 3L year, I clocked a lot of new framed faces. I went that opposite direction - I went from wearing glasses to wearing contacts. Learning to wear contacts was not without bumps and the most significant setback took place at the beginning, in my optometrist’s office. The optometrist brought me over to a backless stool near a well lit mirror so I could learn how to put my

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27:35

043 United States v. The Port Chicago 50

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/08/06

Growing up in the Golden State means a certain familiarity with warm summers and fire risks. We worry about lightning strikes, gender reveal parties that involve any kind of explosives, and lost hikers who, for some unknown reason, light a flare instead of using their working cell phone to summon assistance. The California I grew up in is this way because of an awareness of a challenging climate, drought conditions, and, frankly, hindsight. But for all that awareness, I was surprised to discover

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24:59

042 United States v. Wilkerson

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/07/23

Any time I’ve walked into a barracks building, I’m immediately transported back to freshman year at the college dorms. There’s a lot of growing up that happens in both spaces for a similarly aged group. It can be a really joyful and festive atmosphere, and I often think of how simple and easy it was to just leave the deadbolt out on your door so you friends could come and go while you got ready to attend an event together. No transit time, no concerns about someone riding solo in a sketchy cab

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