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...Geffrey 'G' Gregg committed suicide last September, aged 25. In 2002, he was serving with the Army in Afghanistan when he was attached as a signaller to an SAS patrol. The team became embroiled in a firefight that left 11 Afghan civilians dead. Some members (not Gregg) later traded claims of cowardice and mutiny, sparking an official inquiry that saw three SAS men return prematurely to Australia...
...TIME spoke to Gregg in 2005, when it first published details of the mission. He expressed grave concerns about the army's handling of the incident and other Special Air Service Regiment patrols in Afghanistan. He said after the patrol he had been pressured to write a report which reflected badly on the patrol commander. "That poor bugger the patrol commander has been through hell and back," he said at the time...
...Gregg also said he was also harassed by other soldiers who believed a young signaller should never have been sent on the patrol. "I was put in that position and none of it was to do with me or was my fault," he said. He told TIME he was enthusiastic about leaving the army but was having difficulty finding work due to an injury sustained during military training. "There's no actual civilian employment I can slot back into with my military training that interests me. I was hoping to look at offshore security work but I'm not sure...
...later quit the Army and was granted a temporary pension. When it ran out he got a job as an apprentice carpenter. Friends, who claim Gregg had post-traumatic stress disorder, say having to work worsened his fragile mental state. They learned only after his death that the military superannuation fund had classified Gregg as unable to work and a suicide risk...
...confused with the upcoming “Die Hard” sequel of a similar title, “Live Free or Die” is an independently-made dark comedy about petty crooks in New Hampshire. Written and directed by Gregg R. Kavet ’90 and Andy E. Robin ’90—both of whom are former writers for “Seinfeld”—“Live Free or Die” aspires to be a hybrid between “Garden State?...