Despite my proving his claims of military service are total imaginary bullshit and providing documentation from the National Archives as proof, Dietrich continues to lie about and embellish the story."
Oct 21 1989-late 91 US Marine Corps Corporal Dragon Anti-tank Assaultman Task Force Taro"
But just for "shits and giggles" let's assume he actually graduated USMC Basic Training (he didn't) and that he also completed the required infantry training to be assigned a MOS 0351 (he didn't), let's compare the details of his BS story to the actual facts.Dietrich has never said where he attended Infantry Training School (ITS) or what unit he was assigned to report to after completing that training. That represents approximately one year's gap before he says he deployed for Operation Desert Shield, during which he also claims to have been promoted to Corporal. This is impossible given the strict promotion regulations in the USMC. Promotion from PFC to CPL normally takes a minimum of 3 years of service.
Operation Desert Shield was created by Presidential Order on August 7, 1990, and the first US Marines arrived beginning on August 21. These were logistics elements from the 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Dietrich says he was part of Task Force Taro, which is the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment, part of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force that deployed to Saudi Arabia from Hawaii. They shipped out to the Gulf from Hawaii and transited the Pacific to Okinawa and then the Indian Ocean and Diego Garcia before arriving at Al Jubayl on August 26, 1990. Following the cease-fire on 28 February 1991, the regiment redeployed to Saudi Arabia from Kuwait and subsequently completed its strategic redeployment to Hawaii two months later.
Dietrich claims the Al Jubayl incident occurred on either April 7, 1990 (on a Jim Fetzer show) or August 7, 1990 (His own LinkedIn Bio)"
Another factor cutting short the normal five-year Marine Corps “hitch” for me was a major diplomatic incident involving my “Desert Shield” Tour in Saudi Arabia (we spent almost half of 1990 “In-Country” assembling the ad-hoc Marine “Task Force: Taro”). On August 7th of that year, at the Saudi port city of Æl Jubayl (south of our Port of Deployment), I personally attempted to prevent a Mutawh’wha’in (Saudi Religious Police) Unit from machine-gunning schoolgirls who were escaping from a burning schoolhouse.
They were being shot because they were daring to expose themselves in public without veils (289 young women ultimately burned alive in this incident).
Only the impending state-of-war prevented my lifetime incarceration in military prison…Returning to the United States and determined to pursue my Mercenary work domestically once recuperated, I resettled into the Presidio Postal Library System as a Military Reference Technician"
Note: The "Normal 5-year hitch" Dietrich states is total bullshit. Marines at that time normally enlisted for a period of 4 years of active duty with a 2-year Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) commitment totaling 6 years of service. Others enlisting to serve as Active Reservists normally signed a 2-3 year contract.
And Dietrich wrote that he had wanted to "pursue his Mercenary work domestically" - WTF is up with that?
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3rd Marines was one of the first combat forces to deploy to Saudi Arabia in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The regiment, which became known as Task Force Taro in honor of the state and people of Hawaii, became the first American unit to be engaged by Iraqi artillery, rocket and missile fire on 18 January 1991. They countered the Iraqi supporting attacks by conducting artillery raids into Kuwait as the first ground offensive actions of the war. Task force Taro was instrumental in the recapture of Khafji, was the first unit to advance into Kuwait, conducted the only heliborne assault of the war and secured the Marine Corps' final objective of the war, Kuwait International Airport.[15]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Marine_Littoral_RegimentDietrich claims he was "on leave" at the time of the incident at Al Jubayl and that his "squad" attempted to intervene after he killed two Saudis. This is absolutely untrue. Marines are not given "leave" or "liberty" under such conditions. Desert Shield was an Operation and not a routine deployment. Normally a Squad Leader in an 0351 Platoon would be a Sgt, not a Cpl.
Dietrich has never mentioned what unit he served with. He has never named a Regimental or Battalion Commander, Company Commander, not even a Squad Leader or a single person he ever served with. Because he didn't!
Had Dietrich committed the crime of murder in Saudi Arabia, and been in Saudi custody, you can bet it would have been an International incident. But it never happened. As for his claim of Dishonorable Discharge, he would have been demoted more than one rank for sure and removed from the battle area immediately.
He would most likely have been removed from his unit and transferred to Correctional Custody aboard a US Navy vessel and then transported to the US for Courts-Martial. But Dietrich claims he was simply reduced by one rank and allowed to serve with his unit through Operation Desert Storm. Such a crime would not only result in a Dishonorable Discharge but also years in Federal/Military prison. Yet Dietrich simply walks free, and returns to his previous "job at the Presidio as a Military Reference Technician."
As for the "conditions" Dietrich claims he was released under, specifically the claim he remained an Active Duty US Marine and reported for duty "under illegal orders" to San Diego (MCRD) or Camp Pendelton California, and to appear in gay porn films, that is an embellishment that destroys his claim of being given a Dishonorable Discharge.As for my whereabouts during those years, I have published that too.
https://rkcolejr.blogspot.com/2020/10/douglas-dietrich-and-camp-pendletonmcrd.htmlSources:https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-08-20-9308200178-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-29-me-50939-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-23-mn-27057-story.html
