Where is his Chain of Command?
Ok, we all know that Ft. Hood Cavazos was a horrible place, so we renamed it to stop all the hinky stuff going on. Well, seems that a new name hasn’t made up for severe problems.
Sgt. Greville Clarke, 31, was arraigned Monday, accused of breaking into the rooms of five women, robbing them, holding two at gunpoint and, in one case, strangling a soldier with a lamp cord until he believed she was dead.
The charges, including attempted premeditated murder, rape, intent to rape, kidnapping and burglary, stem from a series of alleged incidents at the Texas base in 2022 targeting five alleged victims.
Yeah, that is some really off-the-wall nastiness there. Get him gone, right? Wait, 2022?
In the most recent incident on Oct. 2, 2022, according to court records, Clarke allegedly broke into a woman’s barracks room, bound her hands, and blindfolded her before sexually assaulting her at gunpoint.
He also allegedly took photographs of her naked, struck her with the gun and stole $14,000 from her bank account after seizing her credit card. He is accused of forcing her into a footlocker to take her to another location, but she broke free.
Clarke allegedly shot at her as she fled, but it was unclear from the court documents whether she was wounded.
Ugly stuff. Really showing himself as bad, right? It ain’t the first time.
In July 2022, Clarke allegedly carried out a similar assault on another woman.
Court records state that he photographed her, stole her military ID and Apple watch, and raped her at gunpoint after tying her up and blindfolding her.
During the attack, Clarke is accused of pressing his foot on her neck and strangling her with a lamp cord, stopping only because he believed she had died.
Further back, in March 2022, Clarke allegedly broke into the barracks rooms of two more women, assaulting both while holding them at knifepoint. He raped one woman and sexually assaulted the other, according to the charges.
The charge sheet also details two additional break-ins in July 2022, where Clarke allegedly entered an additional barracks rooms with the intent to commit rape. However, no charges were filed in connection with those break-ins, and it’s unclear whether the women he targeted were present at the time. Military.com
The author is laying the blame on dilapidated barracks with little or no door-lock provisions. Me, I’d like to know where his chain of command is? March, repeatedly in July, October – these aren’t isolated incidents, this is a pattern of behavior. You can’t tell me some of his fellow NCOs and chain of command were oblivious to this – and if they were, that says something of their competence as well. Wonder if all that DEI training has been completed and checked off properly in triplicate?
This clown needs to be breaking big rocks into little rocks in eastern Kansas soon, like before winter sets in, so he can learn to appreciate the salubrious climate. For, maybe the rest of his life.
Sure am glad all that emphasis on renaming cured everything.
Some officers and Sr NCOs need to be shit canned over this one. No way they did not know.
Concur. It’s time for a purge. There was either willful ignorance or a blatant coverup. I’m expecting lawsuits against the Army from the victims. And that’s not something I’d normally call for.
Oh, there’ll be a purge… of evil, “racist” conservatives who’re “divisive” and insist upon standards– you know “rock the boat” and (eww) create create work.
Give him sleeping pills then put him in a men’s prison wearing a dress and lipstick… “She” will have many friends lining up to “greet her”. Lube optional.
Unable to find a photo of Sergeant Rapey.
I wonder why? 🤔
“I Wonder Why”, by the Belmonts 1958 on the Laurie label..
Usually means that he’s a member of a preferred class..
Who the devil recruited this piece of garbage and, yeah supervised him?
We did have two individuals in my old company that went out and strong armed robbed civilians once, maybe twice. They went to *jail* in a lot less time than two years!
Saw this earlier today on the interwebs out of Illinois:
“US Army Recruiter Facing Solicitation And Sexual Assault of Minors, and Child Pornography Charges in Edgar & Coles Counties –“
Hang him — slowly. Let him kick and struggle. And post troops and observers around to watch as a lesson, like they did for Lincoln’s conspirators and Henry Wirz.
My thoughts exactly.
Before carrying out the sentence, anyone wearing the uniform should be mustered and formed into a “U” around a tree and publicly witness the hanging.
Perhaps watching him twitch would send a signal and serve as a deterrent.
Value of Life training at Ft Hoodlum clearly ain’t working too good– that’d probably help.
Agree! And as was done to The “Andersonville Six” that were preying upon their fellow prisoners in Camp Sumter. Public punishment is a good example of “pour encourager les autres”
I am a firm believer in “Capital Punishment” when there is NO DOUBT that the perp is guilty of a heinous crime. I personally believe that Hanging on The Public Square (film at 6 and 11) would go a long way to solving criminals’ nefarious behavior. As Mr. John Tunstall so elegantly stated…” I watched a man hang once…it was ghastly!”
Tall tree…. short rope
Problem shoved
The “short drop” ought to do.
The “grate” place…
It is curious that no pictures are easily found (I only did a summary Google search, but usually there’s social media or other sources that provide a simple pic), and I agree that his peers and seniors should be held accountable if it’s found out that they knew–or even suspected–of his behavior.
A key thing about this Greville Clarke character, though, is that his name taints the title of Sergeant, which is traditionally the Army’s most trusted and relied-upon rank title. We don’t differentiate until First Sergeant and Sergeant Major. Once you attain the paygrade of E-5 you’re a “Sergeant” until you earn a diamond and/or star or retire (as many of us do) at E-7 or below.
Who held the semi-centralized board that selected this loser to become an NCO? I know that some are more selective than others, and just maybe this guy absolutely owned the NCO Creed and Army Song without further questions, but someone saw fit to place him in a position of authority, with corresponding rank. PVT Poopstain misses a car payment on his 38% APR Dodge Charger loan, and he’s counseled and held accountable with threats of early separation. SGT Clarke repeatedly violates female Soldiers and is only now being charged for actual crimes he committed as someone considered a “leader”.
I was a SHARP Victim Advocate for over ten years, and this type of stuff infuriates me. So long as he’s given his due process and found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Clarke needs to be drummed out of service and given consecutive life sentences in the deepest pits of Leavenworth.
Currently the max for Rape under Article 120 is Life without the possibility of parole. This is very likely one of those cases given all the aggravating circumstances.
If memory serves correctly decades ago it was hanging. Seems just as good to me. I’m not a big fan of the death penalty because I believe that no one is beyond redemption. However some people are too dangerous to be allowed back into society, ever. Those are the cases where I am a fan, kind of like this guy.
“Death or as the court martial may direct,” it used to be for rape.
Yeah, those were pretty ominous words. I think the only crime left with hanging under UCMj is murder. “As the Court Martial may direct”; is almost scarier because literally nothing is off the table.
Is fragging still a thing? Ask for a friend…
I’m not always a fan of capital punishment, but not for any humanitarian reasons. Sometimes, I’d rather have someone rot in jail for a hopefully long lifetime than allow them a relatively easy death. Un-Christian of me? Perhaps. Jesus and I will discuss it eventually.
I’d agree that death is the easy way out. Changing who you are, if you are an evil person is much harder.
I’m all for capital punishment and the death penalty. Why? Why waste precious resources and money on someone SO unproductive. Hang/shoot ’em, save a bucket or two of MY/OUR/YOUR money.
Fair point, but leaving a prisoner alive leaves the opportunity for a future bleeding-heart to grant parole.
I think you’d be in good company when you have that conversation.
From what I’ve read of the Bible (and my understanding of it), there seems to be an emphasis on justice and proportionality, suggesting the death penalty should be an option only in serious circumstances. The New Testament offers a compassionate approach (John 8:7) where Jesus stopped the stoning (execution) of a woman saying, “Let he who is without sin throw the first stone.”, highlighting the notion of emphasizing mercy, forgiveness, and recognizing the value of life.
A few Scriptures related to the topic include:
Genesis 9:6 – “Whoever sheds to blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.”
Exodus 21:12 – “He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.”
Exodus 21-23-25 – “But if there is serious injury, you are to take the life for life, eye for eye, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.” (Deuteronomy 19:21 uses similar language.)
Leviticus 24:17 – “Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.”
Romans 12:19 – “Do not take revenge…but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay’ says the Lord.”
The list goes on…
You notice the shift from Old Testament to New Testament. Over and over again it emphasizes trying to make yourself better and forgive everyone else. Forgiveness can be a real challenge when someone is victimized.
Not Catholic but when P-JPII sat down with the Marxist Assassin that tried to murder him two years prior it was a teachable moment. He stayed in prison for 19 years but JPII gained understanding of what led to the attack and worked to make amends within the church for the sins of the church.
I think that is what God wants. For us to work on ourselves (pull the log from our own eye) and forgive those who trespass against us. That doesn’t mean we let them run around free to harm people but the death penalty means that they are simply too dangerous to let live, say like the Casey Whites of the world.
He did good on PT test, confidently recited the max range of the Skillcraft pen in Class A at the promo board and knew the partying habits of the Senior NCO doing the selecting (a few lines, spouses, etc.) by being buddy-buddy with him and taken care of on that.
First time GO at the Audie Murphy board.
Seems like wood chipper material to me
And the hot potato is going around….
So to me it sounds like Fort Cav’ had a break in problem, and later rape problem in March-July 2022 (which no-one reported on), and it was solved when one of the girls fought back and dodged bullets, when SGT Greville Clarke was apprehended and incarcerated. Not sure why it took two years for him to go to trial (speedy trial and all), but maybe Fort Cav’ has a back log of cases… it being a “Great Place” and all. They might have been trying to tie as many cases as they could to him and other things that allowed for delays. There could also be the case of the accused suffered some injuries during his apprehension and had to recover before he could go to trial. Would the military times have reported a case of a rapist Soldier getting apprehended by fellow Soldiers?
By coincidence I just had Jury Duty, but did not get selected, for a drug case that happened in 2016, so I guess it is not unprecedented.
It was Trump’s fault.
But if they were DUI’s or he was seen at a Trump rally they would of NJP’ed him the next day and admin sep’ed him at light speed.
Hmm, when I used to go to Madison Square Garden for events, then I am considered a Nazi, so if I eat a Clark bar, am I considered a rapist??????
This case looks way too long on the face of it but I assume there are underlying legalities. We don’t even know if the perp was ID’d at the time or only weeks or months later. Once identified, did other things keep happening which the SJA had to investigate and update the case? These cases especially drag out once a civilian defense attorney gets involved.
I’m guessing that this wasn’t chain of command ignoring but rather the SJA was getting hard questions by a CG about why is this case still unresolved???
I had a captain beat his wife on the night I took command. Pretty clear cut. He didn’t go to trial for well over a year.
I had a turd barracks thief. Because he kept doing things it took almost 18 months to go to trial-after I did 2-3 AR15s on him.
Do we no longer have Staff Duty NCO/Officer or Charge of Quarters (CQs) in the barracks???
So much for being “a member of a time honored corps, which is known as ‘The Backbone of the Army’.”
I hope justice is swift and jute-y.
Turd.