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Two arrests made following 3rd Special Forces Group's drug ring controversy
Posted on 10/26/23 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 10/26/23 at 1:36 pm
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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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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Posted on 10/26/23 at 1:44 pm to 38tigers
Oxy's, adderall and shrooms.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 1:49 pm to 38tigers
No wonder they suck at football.
They’re all high
They’re all high
Posted on 10/26/23 at 1:53 pm to 38tigers
Guys like this make the rest of us tier one operators look bad
Posted on 10/26/23 at 2:11 pm to 38tigers
I hope it is "real" drugs and not shite the Army gave them and got them hooked on while ops pace were high. If these guys are addicited to stimulants there is a very good chance the team doc was their original source with Army blessing.
Will wait to see.
Will wait to see.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 2:58 pm to 38tigers
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This post was edited on 10/26/23 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:27 pm to 38tigers
Always a bad apple. Get rid of these guys, and anyone associated with them, and move on.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 4:26 pm to 38tigers
I was discussing this case to a friend Saturday night who served with the 3rd Special Forces Group and he told me I had met Wallen a few years ago in a Scottsdale bar. I recalled he was an smaller, intense guy and in fact the two got into a bar fight with some other guys later that evening when Wallen started mouthing off to them. He stated when he was Wallen's sergeant he was constantly having to "put his thumb down on him" to keep him in line and was not surprised he was involved in the drug ring. Buddy is no longer active duty but is the national president of the retired Green Beret association and very much plugged into what is going on.
On a side note, attached is a notation of my friend being awarded the Silver Star for leading his detachment in a conflict in Afhganistan in 2008. Scott was wounded twice by enemy fire and two members of his detachment were awarded the Medal of Honor as a result of their actions during the fight. These guys are truly heroes.
Scott Ford awarded the Silver Star
On a side note, attached is a notation of my friend being awarded the Silver Star for leading his detachment in a conflict in Afhganistan in 2008. Scott was wounded twice by enemy fire and two members of his detachment were awarded the Medal of Honor as a result of their actions during the fight. These guys are truly heroes.
Scott Ford awarded the Silver Star
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Sergeant Ford exposed himself again to Insurgent fire by moving laterally across the mountain in order to verbally direct the remaining elements in the wadi to move forward and assist with casualty evacuation. As Sergeant Ford organized a Commando element to assist in moving casualties, he was shot in the chest plate by sniper fire. He immediately regained his feet and continued to suppress the enemy until his upper left arm was nearly shot off by a second sniper round. With a tourniquet on his arm to stop arterial bleeding, Sergeant Ford was able to conduct a courageous climb down the mountain, with the assistance of another teammate, under intense machine gun and sniper fire. Sergeant Ford never stopped leading his men and continued to organize forces to assist his comrades until he was physically incapable of fighting and had to be evacuated.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 5:11 pm to 38tigers
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