Update on Soldier Charged With Cowardice
Here's the latest on the Colorado soldier charged with cowardice after being sent home from Iraq following his request for psychological counseling. We note that he had volunteered to go to Iraq:
FORT CARSON - A hearing is set for noon Friday for 32-year-old Staff Sgt. Georg Pogany. Pogany, a member of the 10th Special Forces Group, has been charged with violating Article 99 of military code, specifically of cowardice while on duty in Iraq.
Pogany suffered stress while he was in Iraq in late September and asked a commanding officer if he could see a psychologist, said his attorney, Richard Travis. After that visit, Travis said, commanding officers ordered Pogany to return to the United States.
Pogany volunteered to go to Iraq, Travis said. "He wasn't trying to shirk his responsibilities."
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