Tag: Sen. Ben Cardin
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U.S. Army Veteran Shares Painful Experiences of Military Racism, Part 49
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 9, 2021) – In Part 48, former U.S. Army Capt. Gary Mason described how after he became an inpatient in a program designed to assist members of the military to overcome various forms of trauma, his chain of command at Ft. Lee, VA responded by permanently assigning him to Walter Reed…
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U.S. Army Veteran Shares Painful Experiences of Military Racism, Part 48
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2021) – This segment of former U.S. Army Capt. Gary Mason’s story describes the ongoing difficulties he encountered while at Fort Lee, VA as his chain of command attempted, in various ways, to administratively end his career even as a congressional inquiry Mason filed with the office of Maryland Sen.…
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U.S. Army Veteran Shares Painful Experiences of Military Racism, Part 47
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 17, 2020) — Continuing from Part 46, former U.S. Army Capt. Gary Mason elaborated on the Army’s efforts to demonstrate that he was unfit for duty after more than a decade of exemplary service, invoking the specter of mental illness or suicidal “ideation” as justification. Enlisting in 2000 in the infantry,…
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Why is Senator Cardin’s Office Responding Now?
“I AM STILL SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH MY CASE” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 31, 2020) — On Sunday evening, former U.S. Army Capt. Gary Mason sent an email to the office of U.S. Senator for Maryland Ben Cardin which garnered an unusually rapid response. The email was sent as a follow-up to Mason’s 2013 request…
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U.S. Army Veteran Shares Painful Experiences of Military Racism, Part 45
“STAY HERE AND WAIT” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 31, 2020) — This part of former U.S. Army Capt. Gary Mason’s story unfolds as he was awaiting a response from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department and the office of Maryland U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin regarding complaints he filed against his command in…