The soldier, who was stationed in South Korea, traveled to Russia on his own to visit a woman he was romantically involved with, officials said.

The soldier, who was stationed in South Korea, traveled to Russia on his own to visit a woman he was romantically involved with, officials said.

A U.S. soldier was detained in Russia last week, a U.S. Army spokesperson said in a statement.

The soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, had been stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own, not on official business, according to four U.S. officials.

He had finished his deployment and was heading back to the U.S. when he made a side trip to Vladivostok, Russia, to visit a woman he was romantically involved with, officials said. They added that he had traveled there without permission from his superiors and that he is being held in pretrial confinement.

The soldier is accused of stealing from a woman, the officials said. It was not immediately clear whether it was the same woman he was visiting.

  • ladicius@lemmy.world
    33·
    6 months ago

    Probably a scam with the woman involved. GDR (former eastern part of divided Germany) was famous for that: They had prostitutes who made western businessmen drunk and horny and then got them to talk about their missions and secrets and so on.

    That guy got fucked.

    • Tujio@lemmy.world
      19·
      6 months ago

      Evolution gave man a brain and a penis, and not enough blood to run 'em both at the same time.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      8·
      6 months ago

      They lowered the intelligence standards for the U.S. military a few years ago because of low recruitment numbers. Is this the result? I wouldn’t say definitely not.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    24·
    6 months ago

    The soldier, who was stationed in South Korea, traveled to Russia on his own to visit a woman he was romantically involved with, officials said.

    You cannot save the terminally stupid.

  • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
    23·
    6 months ago

    He’s stands accused of stealing the woman’s heart.

    But seriously, sounds pretty dumb to go to a place like Russia right now as a US soldier.

  • littlewonder@lemmy.world
    18·
    6 months ago

    For more context, active duty soldiers have to do extra paperwork when traveling to other countries on personal time. Even Canada.

    Part of the reason for this is to stop soldiers from being stupid. Like this guy.