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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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22:58

041 Florida v. Williams

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/07/09

Petty Officer Williams woke to the sound of her alarm in the morning of November 6th. Williams, the mother to a five-year-old, should have woken to the soft noises of her child stirring in the next room. Perhaps she would have normally tripped over errant clothing even a dreaded Lego piece as she began to don her uniform and prepare for work. Instead of a debate over breakfast choices, Williams stepped into her boots and adjusted her cover in silence. She prepared like it was any other day, then

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040 United States v. Abdullah

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/06/25

A move to a new duty station is a bit of a fresh start - that's my preferred framework for thinking about the move. Afterall, it can smart a bit to think about the family and friends we had to say goodbye to, so focusing on the "opportunity" of it all is a little easier. This approach only works when it's not your nuclear family you're saying goodbye to. When Sergeant Abdullah's wife decided she couldn't or wouldn't move to Colorado, he fell into a very obvious spiral. I relied on the ACCA

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25:58

039 United States v. Maebane

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/06/11

When we hear information repeated to us, we’re hardwired to begin to believe it. The positive effect we feel when we hear the information or story repeated is called the illusory truth effect. We have a pretty good example of the illusory truth effect in my family - I remember the story of why we adopted two cats very differently than everyone else. I am stuck on believing that we went to the animal shelter to meet a big white fluffy dog to potentially make our own. The rest of my family maintains

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24:36

038 United States v. Brinkman-Coronel

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/05/28

A half hour up the road from resort-lined beaches is an Army base nestled in the interior of Oahu. Though the on-base housing might not be beach front, they’ve got ready access to everything the island has to offer. Maybe living in paradise was too much pressure, but a series of decisions First Lieutenant Brinkman-Coronel may have made while wasted in Waikiki prompted the Army to prepare to administratively separate him over substance use and ended with him serving a nine year stint in the Brig.

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28:20

037 United States v. DeDolph

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/05/14

Stop me If you’ve seen A Few Good Men. A group of servicemembers sneak into a soldier’s bedroom in the middle of the night to do a bit of corrective action. When day breaks miles away from American shores, a mysterious death nearly gets papered over, ignored, or under investigated. But four servicemembers serving in Africa failed to learn any lessons from Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Kevin Bacon. When they perceived social slights and felt ignored by their buddy, they took it upon themselves to

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25:51

036 United States v. Walters

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/04/30

I’ve left mission-driven non-profit jobs twice. It was really emotionally taxing to leave jobs that I really believed in once upon a time--I was so committed to the mission in both instances, and had been so full of hope that I would make a difference when I started. My experiences, naturally, shaped my beliefs around mission-driven work, and I’ve concluded that people don’t leave mission-driven work because they no longer believe in the mission. People leave mission-driven work because they no

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24:35

035 North Carolina v. Laurean

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/04/16

If you are old enough to remember the foibles of a certain President around the turn of the millennia, you’re likely familiar with the phrase, “it’s not the crime, it’s the cover up.” For Corporal Laurean, stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, this was undoubtedly true. Laurean likely committed either sexual assault or adultery... but his coverup made him a murderer. I relied on the North Carolina appellate opinion. I referenced information from the Supreme Court of North Carolina,

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23:05

034 United States v. Baba

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/04/02

I don’t think anyone would accuse me of having good luck when it comes to my checked luggage making it with me on trips. I’ve had a number of suitcases driven up days after my arrival. Most recently, our luggage on our move from Japan went to Washington DC while we… went to Austin, Texas. It all worked out, mostly because of incredible people that love us and intervened to take care of us, our sweet pup, and our baggage. When I travel, I have two very big competing instincts. I am, in the depths of

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43:57

033 United States v. Brown

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/03/19

Captain Brown arrived at Minot Air Force Base some time before June 2012 and although Air Force duty station assignments are short, he was determined to make the most of his stint in North Dakota. Even in places where the cost of living might be less, it can be helpful to pick up a second stream of income and Brown wasn’t going to be left behind. He had his choice of side hustles - he could join the underemployed military spouses and shill wax melts, essential oils or supplements. But Captain

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30:55

032 United States v. Becker

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/03/05

In the old cobblestone streets of Mons, Belgium, Lieutenant Becker and his wife had an opportunity to start fresh. They were thousands of miles from their family and friends and, when faced with the stress of moving overseas, they could either lean on one another… or separate. When it became clear that leaning on one another wasn’t an option, they began to unpick their lives and separate from one another. But for Lieutenant Becker, his wife living separately wasn’t an option. I relied on the

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25:06

031 United States v. Daddario

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/02/20

It's a tale as old as time: boy meets girl, boy beats girl. One in four women experience domestic or intimate partner violence, but it's a statistic that may be a little misleading. It certainly doesn't mean that one in four men commit domestic violence. Staff Sergeant Daddario, for instance, got violent with at least three women in under a year. I relied on the AFCCA opinion and brief. I referenced information from Hill Air Force Base, Diesel Tech Magazine, CAWC.org, the VA's mental

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20:10

030 United States v. Tucker

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/02/06

While I was in college, our sorority traveled for an out-of-town vaguely sporty event held on the beaches of Santa Barbara, California. We were assigned a coach from the host organization who somehow knew even less about the sport than we did and whose sole task seemed to be encouraging us to drink alcohol. It was seven AM. When we arrived at the venue, it was kind of a relief to discover a series of rent-a-fence panels blocking participants from accessing the surf. We watched one attendee's

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32:39

029 United States v. Craig

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/01/23

Before we got hitched, married friends of ours sat us down and warned us about the perils of moving in with one another. They described the challenges they faced when they first moved in together and it was only after they worked through the stressors of change that they felt confident enough to tie the knot. I give a similar chat to friends who are getting serious in relationships, but I’ve tailored it. I tell people that if they can build flat pack furniture together without anyone crying or

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26:11

028 United States v. Metz

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2024/01/09

On Sunday mornings, we like to take our dogs for a walk to the local donut shop. It’s a nice tradition and supports a local family owned business. If you’re in the market for a Sunday morning tradition, I hope you consider ours. If that’s not your speed, I’d at least like to implore you to avoid Corporal Metz’s apparent tradition of walking into the grounds maintenance facility on base, dumping fuel throughout, lighting a match, and letting it burn. I relied on the NMCCA opinion and the

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21:31

027 United States v. Lozoria

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2023/12/26

Anything can happen when people head home for a trip. Hallmark would have you believe that you’ll abandon your high power career in your new home city to fall in love with a Christmas tree farmer or hometown pastry chef. The CDC would remind you that transmission of contagious diseases increases in the winter when everyone heads indoors together and gets all cozy with one another. And Senior Airman Lozoria would, perhaps, remind you to support local small businesses, inclusive of your friendly

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22:26

026 United States v. Strong

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2023/12/12

About a decade ago, as I prepared to enter the gauntlet of law school, my mom and I flew to Maui. It was a chance to relax before three years of stress culminating in the big bad Bar exam. We wanted to see the island from the top of Haleakala and made our way up the sometimes narrow, sometimes cliffside path. We found the occasional switch back navigable but we went slow and hugged the center line… when it was visible. Our path was much less treacherous than the switchbacks near Camp Natural Bridge

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25:47

025 United States v. Alton

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2023/11/28

As residents of Las Vegas can attest, it’s not all showgirls and sequins. Once you get away from the glitz and out of view of the Sphere, it’s a lot like any other city where people live their day-to-day lives. They get up, exercise, go to work, raise their kids, and pay taxes in the usual cycle of adulthood. There’s one extraordinarily helpful advantage they’ve got on us, though. In a city famous for its excess and open container laws, it's a little easier to hail a ride in an Uber, a Lyft, or a

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22:01

024 United States v. Watlington

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2023/11/14

In the early days of stay at home orders, media outlets warned of a potential shadow epidemic. Furtively reported stories reminded Americans that there would be people sheltering in place with their abusers and we worried there would be a spike in deaths as a result of domestic violence. But perhaps what we didn’t think about, what we didn’t warn people about, was the danger of sheltering in a place with firearms, the risk of firearm fatalities by both murder and suicide. When lockdown and

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25:55

023 United States v. Ellerbrock

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2023/10/31

I’m going to let you in on a little secret - in common law countries, like the United States, the law is practiced, largely, by comparing your case to all the other cases and finding things that are the same or different. Like a complex “spot the differences” exercise. As lawyers, we’re working to compare our facts to those facts and explain why they should or shouldn’t be treated in the same way. Sometimes the application is straightforward, and makes a lot of sense, and sometimes, like today’s

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26:13

022 United States v. Melzer

Conduct Unbecoming: A Military True Crime Podcast ·

2023/10/17

In the soft rolling hills of Italy, with just days to go before deploying, a young soldier sent messages to his loved ones and prepared to travel to Turkey. He wasn’t supposed to share information about where he was going--troop movement security and all that--but he just couldn’t help himself. He wanted his loved ones to be able to find him, find him and his colleagues. It was unfortunate, of course, that his loved ones weren’t his parents or a high school sweetheart, but other members of a white

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