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Need help locating a service member
« on: November 29, 2010, 12:05:46 PM »
I need someone from Aerofighters squadron to contact ASAP about one of your members welfare. I received a rather disturbing message via phone text from one of my former squad members who is now attached to aerofighters. Please contact me ASAP.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 12:24:58 PM »
I have contacted TA57x (Aerofighters CO) directly via telephone and forwarded your email address to him for followup.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010, 12:46:17 PM »
Thank you change up

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2010, 02:06:57 PM »
Thank you change up

TA has a message into BUDA so if you see BUDA, he's the guy you need to talk to...he has also emailed you.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2010, 02:28:28 PM »
Someone mind pm-ing me? What happend?
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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2010, 02:49:58 PM »
Someone mind pm-ing me? What happend?

Clearly it must be a private matter.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2010, 02:59:17 PM »
just got back in the house. i sent an email back with home and cell numbers.

still very concerned.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2010, 03:04:07 PM »
I hope you sent him a copy of the text because TA won't have any idea what he's calling about.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2010, 03:06:05 PM »
hope for the best.
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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2010, 03:58:43 PM »
Copy of text sent.  If anyone knows how to contact an active service member in US Military please let me know. Im concerned over the mental welfare of one of our in game brethren. From the message I received
I am in fear he may attempt some harm to himself. I called a 1-800 number for the military and I was told they would pass along the message. I got the feeling they didnt understand the seriousness I was trying to convey especially when I told them how I know the person , through AH2,. If someone has a better way to get this informatioin to the proper folks in the military please let me know. 

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2010, 04:09:40 PM »
I don't know ... but if you feel strongly enough about it to contact someone, don't let them simply put you off.  Look what happened in the Stryker case, where one of the soldiers father's tried to report what his son was relaying to him.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2010, 04:10:02 PM »
Copy of text sent.  If anyone knows how to contact an active service member in US Military please let me know. Im concerned over the mental welfare of one of our in game brethren. From the message I received
I am in fear he may attempt some harm to himself. I called a 1-800 number for the military and I was told they would pass along the message. I got the feeling they didnt understand the seriousness I was trying to convey especially when I told them how I know the person , through AH2,. If someone has a better way to get this informatioin to the proper folks in the military please let me know. 

EZRhino

Rhino,

You have made a great effort which is all that can be asked of you.  Try this:  call the person that sent you the text and get this kids unit from him.....if they don't know it, it will be a long haul to find him.  There are a ton of men on this game that were in the military and can track down that unit's base.  Once you have his base, it won't matter where his duty station is because someone will be manning the phones at his stateside unit, reserve or active duty.  Tell them the issue, content of the text message and his name and cell phone number.  That information will be passed up the chain to his duty station commander and back down to his unit/element leader.  If he's in trouble, they will help him out of it.
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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2010, 04:14:18 PM »
The person who sent me the text is the person we are trying to locate. His phone goes straight to voice mail. The only thing I know is his name. He may be overseas now. I have no way to know.

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2010, 04:27:21 PM »
The person who sent me the text is the person we are trying to locate. His phone goes straight to voice mail. The only thing I know is his name. He may be overseas now. I have no way to know.

The only choice you have is to call three or four of the biggest Army installations you can and get into their information line.  Try to secure a number for their Family Center or (I don't know what its called now)

These are the biggest (or at least they used to be):

Ft Hood, TX (Killeen, TX)
Ft Bragg, NC
Ft Campbell, KY
Ft Lewis, WA

Good luck my friend

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Re: Need help locating a service member
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2010, 04:29:52 PM »
Ill give it a try. If anyone else has other ideas as well please forward them.