Calvin Gibbs

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Calvin Gibbs (* 1985 in Billings , Montana , United States ) is a staff sergeant in the US Army (5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team).

Life

youth

Gibbs comes from a humble background. When he was 15, he was educated at Billings Junior High School . When he was old enough, he applied to the US Marines . However, when he was rejected because of insufficient schooling, he enlisted in the United States Army .

Kill team murders

In 2010 he was accused of setting up so-called “kill teams” together with five of his subordinates in Kandahar, Afghanistan . He is said to have instigated his subordinates to kill defenseless Afghans. The case attracted international attention.

On October 31, 2011 the trial of Gibbs began in a military court in Lewis-McChord near Seattle. The prosecution charged him with murder and incitement to murder on three counts. At the opening of the trial, the defense admitted that Gibbs had removed the finger of the three dead. But he had nothing to do with two of the murders and with the third he acted in self-defense . Prosecutors also accused him of placing weapons on the Afghans who were killed in order to simulate an attack.

Gibbs had himself tattooed on his left forearm during his missions, showing six skulls with pistols, listing the people killed in Iraq (3) and Afghanistan (3) and considered trophies for him.

Jeremy Morlock, who testified as the main witness in exchange for a shorter term, described Gibbs' views of Afghans as " contempt " and accused him of actively seeking soldiers for the killings.

On November 10, 2011, Gibbs was found guilty on all 15 counts. He was sentenced to life in prison with the option of early release after ten years.

family

Calvin Gibbs is married to a soldier. The two have a son who was born in 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dietmar Ostermann: "Kill this guy". In: Frankfurter Rundschau . September 28, 2010, accessed November 11, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b US soldiers are said to have killed civilians indiscriminately. November 1, 2011, accessed November 2, 2011 .
  3. ^ Lifelong for US soldiers for murder of civilians. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. November 11, 2011, accessed November 11, 2011 .
  4. ↑ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/calvin_gibbs/index.html
  5. ↑ Lifelong for US soldiers for the murder of Afghans. In: ORF . November 11, 2011, accessed November 11, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Gibbs, Calvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sergeant in the US Army
DATE OF BIRTH 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Billings , Montana , United States