Two arrests made following 3rd Special Forces Group's drug ring controversy

In January, Connecting Vets reported on a drug scandal that broke out in 3rd Special Forces Group with 15 soldiers questioned about drug use and distribution by investigators at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) in North Carolina. This week, the Green Beret said to be the ring leader by some Special Forces members was arrested by the Harnett County Sheriff's office following an investigation into those previous allegations.

Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Wallen was taken into custody along with another soldier named Staff Sgt. Travis Rahmer.

"Rahmer is a Psychological Operations Specialist assigned to 4th Psychological Operations Group and Wallen is a Special Forces Communications Sergeant assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group," USASOC spokesman Russell Gordon told Connecting Vets.

"They were charged with felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. The apprehensions by the Harnett County Sherriff’s office are a result of information gathered, and shared, from an ongoing investigation by the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division from January of this year," Gordon explained.

While two soldiers have been arrested and brought up on charges, a number of other soldiers assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group remain under investigation by Army criminal investigators, 3rd Special Forces Group spokesman Nick Erickson told Connecting Vets.

"3rd Group spent months gathering evidence and helping builds the case [with] Harnett County law enforcement to facilitate yesterday's events," Erickson explained. In addition to the criminal charges that Wallen and Rahmer face, the Army is pursuing administrative action.

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