A soldier from the Oregon Army National Guard was killed in Ukraine on July 15, just “weeks” after arriving in country. What was he doing there?
Sgt. Cruz Michael Bryan, a Sisters, Oregon native, was honorably discharged from the Oregon Army National Guard in May after 14 years of service. From the Prineville Review:
Bryan, who previously served with Oregon’s 41st Infantry Brigade, previously served combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, according to sources close to him.
I have previously commented on such odd American deaths in Ukraine, and this one qualifies. Someone getting out of the National Guard at 14 years is not unheard of (I did, funnily enough), it is just unusual. I have to ask why an apparently healthy person would spend so much time in the military then get out before he qualifies for any kind of pension.
If Biden, Democrats, and neocon Republicans want to directly “help” in combat operations but not draw undue attention, a great way to do that is to “discharge” qualified soldiers then have them “volunteer” to fight apparently on their own volition.
A DD-214 discharge paper isn’t magic. Anybody can get one in a day if the correct authorities give their blessing.
I can only guess without seeing more information, but I have a theory. If a soldier volunteers to fight (wink, wink), he goes to his J-1 HR office, gets a transfer to the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), then is free to take up arms under Ukrainian colors and no one is the wiser.
The advantage of fighting as an IRR member is that, as far as any observer knows, he is just a civilian. But if this volunteer “Ukrainian” soldier is hurt he can be immediately put on orders, making him eligible for care in DOD medical facilities. But in this case, Mr. Ryan did not need medical facilities.
I have to wonder if he stayed on the life insurance plan.
Maybe this is all nonsense but I think readers should at least consider the possibility.
Ian Kummer
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It’s really sad they actually let you continue your enlistment in the Guard. You’re quite right about your critique of western forces if your sleazy ass didn’t get pushed out.
lol what “critique of western forces” are you even talking about or does chatgpt write your comments? 🙂
I Personally knew Bryan and served with him in Afghanistan in 2014. He was a great man with our getting into the details I will say he has PTSD and was really burned out with the Army. His enlistment was up and he choose to leave honorably.
I last spoke with him in June this year he wanted to move to Texas and work in oil and gas he needed a change of scenery. He was struggling to find a purpose after separating from the military. He did mention to me he thought about volunteering for Ukraine he hated Russia. He originally went to Poland to train Ukrainian forces and then chose to go to the front lines with a group of guys that he trained. It was completely voluntary. If any of you actually knew him You would know this is not some conspiracy. I greatly miss him he had one hell of a personality and was loved by most. Please give him in his family some respect and not turn this into something it’s not.
If he needed purpose, jumping into a brother war that doesn’t concern him wasn’t the way to do it. This isn’t a safari like Afghanistan. It is a real war where a soldier’s lifespan is measured in hours and days. Judging from casualty figures, a Russian has a 20-30% of being killed or injured, for Ukrainians it is probably more like 80%. If he went off there on his own, I don’t know what in the world he was thinking.
Comments like that one should help you understand why ChatGPT and AIs are so popular now. It is sad and not flattering at all, but they really sounds like most humans.
With all his great achievements, Allan Turning totally missed the mark with his titular test.
Incidentally, where do you find all the fun pictures you share in Quora?
Usually I just search for something on Google that I find funny. A lot of the memes are original content by me
It’s been some time since I read it, but I’m pretty sure it was on the Rybar’ telegram channel, where they claimed this was a fairly common way of getting boots on the ground without officially putting boots on the ground.
It must be reassuring to see “Jon H”‘s comment as well – if you are getting flak, you are probably over the target.
it’s a not a new way either – such tricks were used in WWII and the cold war