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Taguba Report Annex 79:Testimony of First Sergeant Dawn J. Rippelmeyer, 977th Military Police Company
Feb. 20, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 285
Testimony of First Sergeant Dawn J. Rippelmeyer, 977th Military Police Company. 1st Sgt. Rippelmyer went over how she and her unit received their assignment and generally described the military discipline at Camp Bucca as lax and lacking military standards of the most basic form, i.e. no saluting, no headgear, "do-rags" being worn and soldiers uniforms were incomplete with missing patches. On the reporting of Detainee Abuse, she said "[This] would be handled in our unit by reporting it from the lowest level through the chain of command to operations cell. From our operations cell, we would report the situation to 310th BN operations, our higher headquarters and Camp Commandant. Our Soldiers also knew the IG could be used to report abuses or problems. Our contact with detainees was limited to their transport and security between Camp Bucca and BCCF or to exchange and release sites". Her statement is written and ended at this point.
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