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The assailant, Technical Sgt. Steven D. Bellino, was a former FBI agent and Army veteran of Iraq who joined the Air Force to become a pararescuer. He went AWOL after failing a water endurance test. ....
The San Antonio Express-News confirmed that Bellino had failed a water endurance test and walked off without following the proper procedure. He left San Antonio and went AWOL, and later was taken into custody in Parma Heights, Ohio and brought back to Lackland. On Friday Bellino came to Forbes Hall on the pretext of accepting nonjudicial punishment...
originally posted by: Byrd
Shootings in and around military bases are fairly common (and often with tragic consequences.) Weapons are easily accessible and in military towns, everything from knives and swords on up is usually easy to buy.
While the bases may be "gun free" they're not EXACTLY gun free. Under certain circumstances someone may carry a weapon (and the military police unit is always armed.) As a rule, guns have never been worn around base ... this dates back to the 1950's ... and I'm speaking from experience.
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Bellino joined the Army after graduating from high school in 1992, training first as an Army Ranger at Ft. Stewart, Ga., then as a Green Beret at Ft. Bragg, N.C., according to his attorney, Daniel Conway. In 2002, he left the Army and joined the Army National Guard, serving with a special forces unit based in Ohio, according to Conway and military records. During his time in the Army and National Guard, Bellino served multiple tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and Kuwait, Conway said.
From 2004 to 2007, Bellino also worked as a civilian contractor(in Iraq) with a private security firm, the lawyer said. In 2011, Bellino left the military, went to work as an FBI special agent in the New York office but resigned after less than two years, according to an FBI statement. He then tried to reenlist in the Army or join the Navy, but eventually settled on the Air Force because it involved the least amount of red tape, Conway said.