This man, in my opinion, is a bloody disgrace to the uniform if the allegations are true.
I think that few non military will grasp the magnitude of conducting un authorised operations dressed in civillian clothing with concealed weapons.
This man has shamed our entire army. Been following the case with interest for a while.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4597192a6479.html

Failed SELECTION for being a Fantasist, by any chance?

New Zeland has an army?

Sounds like my unit on an average weekend.

Someone copy/paste the article.

A disgraced corporal who has been thrown out of the army invented his own unsanctioned "black op" missions while on service in East Timor, a court martial has been told.

Corporal Paul Dudley was found guilty yesterday of 13 offences in relation to conduct while on duty in East Timor, including six charges of assaulting subordinates.
Dudley pleaded guilty to seven charges on the first day of the Burnham Military Camp court martial, including wearing civilian clothes on duty and travelling in a local taxi against standing orders.
It emerged yesterday that those two charges stemmed from Dudley conducting unsanctioned patrols that he called "black ops" while his section was stationed at Becora Prison to screen people at the gate. "Black ops" is a term used in American war movies for secret military operations.
The summary of facts said Dudley armed himself with a pistol, put on civilian clothes and drove around the prison area in a taxi.
An army spokeswoman said there was no such thing as "black ops" in the New Zealand Army and Dudley's actions were unsanctioned.
The army's role in East Timor is as a peacekeeping mission.
Dudley was also found guilty of five charges of assault on two soldiers in his section. He threw hot coffee over one and punched another in the head. On another occasion, he summoned the same soldiers and accused them of talking to outsiders about how his section was run, before jabbing them in the chest with a loaded rifle.
He was also found guilty of threatening his men after he discovered the section was under investigation. "When I find the nark, watch out," he said.
When one of the privates accidentally smashed the windscreen of their patrol vehicle, he instructed his section to lie and say it had been smashed by East Timorese throwing rocks.
In a campaign of bullying that began at pre-deployment training, Dudley kicked one of the privates so hard that he was pushed through the window of a house.
A charge of threatening to shoot one of the soldiers was thrown out for lack of evidence and he was found not guilty of assaulting another soldier by kicking him. Dudley was sentenced to 60 days in the Services Corrective Establishment and will be dismissed after that.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4597192a6479.html



Corporal ran unsanctioned Timor patrols


A disgraced corporal who has been thrown out of the army invented his own unsanctioned "black op" missions while on service in East Timor, a court martial has been told.

Corporal Paul Dudley was found guilty yesterday of 13 offences in relation to conduct while on duty in East Timor, including six charges of assaulting subordinates.

Dudley pleaded guilty to seven charges on the first day of the Burnham Military Camp court martial, including wearing civilian clothes on duty and travelling in a local taxi against standing orders.

It emerged yesterday that those two charges stemmed from Dudley conducting unsanctioned patrols that he called "black ops" while his section was stationed at Becora Prison to screen people at the gate. "Black ops" is a term used in American war movies for secret military operations.

The summary of facts said Dudley armed himself with a pistol, put on civilian clothes and drove around the prison area in a taxi.

An army spokeswoman said there was no such thing as "black ops" in the New Zealand Army and Dudley's actions were unsanctioned.

The army's role in East Timor is as a peacekeeping mission.

Dudley was also found guilty of five charges of assault on two soldiers in his section. He threw hot coffee over one and punched another in the head. On another occasion, he summoned the same soldiers and accused them of talking to outsiders about how his section was run, before jabbing them in the chest with a loaded rifle.

He was also found guilty of threatening his men after he discovered the section was under investigation. "When I find the nark, watch out," he said.

When one of the privates accidentally smashed the windscreen of their patrol vehicle, he instructed his section to lie and say it had been smashed by East Timorese throwing rocks.

In a campaign of bullying that began at pre-deployment training, Dudley kicked one of the privates so hard that he was pushed through the window of a house.

A charge of threatening to shoot one of the soldiers was thrown out for lack of evidence and he was found not guilty of assaulting another soldier by kicking him. Dudley was sentenced to 60 days in the Services Corrective Establishment and will be dismissed after that.

How do fail psych eval?

So it's not enough to be in the military, he still has to fantasize about being Chuck Norris in Delta Force.

The rank of Corporal often creates a split-personality. They develop psychological problems trying to deal the the fact that they are not a SGT, not paid as a SGT, but are expected to function as one.

I bet Steven Segal plays him in the movie.

It'll be called, "Black Ops" and it will be about a peace-loving corporal who was originally raised in Japan where he became the only white guy to run an aikido school AND be a CIA agent, but then he retired to be a simple gate guarding corporal. Then bad guys do something to his friend/wife/daughter/dog/ferret and he gets revenge.

New Zeland has an army?

Yep. Just a very small one.

The rank of Corporal often creates a split-personality. They develop psychological problems trying to deal the the fact that they are not a SGT, not paid as a SGT, but are expected to function as one.
In the UK style military Corporals are the equilivant of SGTs are they not? Incharge of for example 8 to 12 dudes. I thought in the US Corproals had much less responsibility and authority.

This is the problem with the military.
By the time someone makes it onto radar with having done enough stupid **** to get the boot, the chances of them being in a position (and mindset) to get someone seriously hurt or fucked up is pretty high.

Screw this guy. That kind of behavior is a disgrace to military professionals everywhere.


In the UK style military Corporals are the equilivant of SGTs are they not? Incharge of for example 8 to 12 dudes. I thought in the US Corproals had much less responsibility and authority.

In theory, an corporal in an infantry platoon is placed in charge of a fire team (four guys) while a sergeant leads a squad (three fire teams, thirteen men including the squad leader). But rifle companies rarely have enough NCOs to fill every billet, so there are a lot of lance corporals in charge of fire teams and corporals in charge of squads. When I was in Afghanistan, two out of three of the squad leaders in my platoon were corporals.

Screw this guy. That kind of behavior is a disgrace to military professionals everywhere.



In theory, an corporal in an infantry platoon is placed in charge of a fire team (four guys) while a sergeant leads a squad (three fire teams, thirteen men including the squad leader). But rifle companies rarely have enough NCOs to fill every billet, so there are a lot of lance corporals in charge of fire teams and corporals in charge of squads. When I was in Afghanistan, two out of three of the squad leaders in my platoon were corporals.

Our structure is different. A corporal (in the infantry) commands a ten man section. It normally takes about 6-9 years to attain the rank of corporal.
I realise that some other armys have different structures- and some promote insanely quicly. Ive heard tell of guys being promoted to Staff Sergeant before they hit 30 in some other armies. Each to their own. Structure, method and turnover dictate I guess.

while a sergeant leads a squad (three fire teams, thirteen men including the squad leader).

In our structure, a sergeant leads a platoon of 30 alongside the platoon commander (who spends most of his time getting confused and asking thj sergeant what to do)