October 27, 200916 yr https://www.kxly.com/news/21386664/detail.html FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE -- A Spokane man has been arrested in connection with a sheriff’s office investigation into the rape of a woman inside an interrogation room at Fairchild Air Force Base’s SERE School. Michael Fassbender, 32, has been arrested and charged with raping a woman early Tuesday morning inside an interrogation room at the Survival Training Center at Fairchild. Fassbender made his first court appearance Wednesday where he was charged with 1st Degree Rape. His bond has been set at $20,000, the judge calling his alleged crime exceptionally violent. Court documents allege Fassbender squeezed the victim's throat until she was unconscious. The victim told detectives she thought Fassbender was going to kill her. When detectives arrived, they found a considerable amount of physical evidence in the interrogation room. Fassbender is an employee with SERE Solutions, a Spokane-based company which contracts instructors to work in SERE School programs such as Fairchild’s SERE School. However, whencontacted about Fassbender’s employment, all questions were referred to Fairchild Air Force Base. The airbase, when contacted about Fassbender’s status, referred all questions to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.
October 27, 200916 yr My biggest question is how the FUCK did this guy think he was going to get away with it when EVERYTHING there is recorded on video? Also, these guys are subject to all kinds of crazy psychological testing on a pretty frequent basis...just to make sure they're "right" for the job. If Big Blue handles this the wrong way, it's bye-bye to a really great training program.
October 27, 200916 yr The text of the article is misleading. If you watch the video of the news clip on the link they say that he had taken a date back to the RT camp to "show her where he worked." The written article makes it sound like it happened during RT. Raises the question of what kind of dude takes a chick to RT on a date.
October 27, 200916 yr The text of the article is misleading. If you watch the video of the news clip on the link they say that he had taken a date back to the RT camp to "show her where he worked." The written article makes it sound like it happened during RT. Raises the question of what kind of dude takes a chick to RT on a date. You're right...the way the article is worded is very misleading. I hadn't watched the video. That changes things a lot. What kind of a dude takes a chick to RT on a date? The same kind that fills-out a job application at SERE Solutions.
October 27, 200916 yr The contractors or the military instructors? I had no idea we were using civilians as SERE instructors. My initial reaction is I don't like the idea. You didn't know some of those dudes were civilians? Or are you saying you didn't realize they were contract (vs DOD) civilians?
October 27, 200916 yr Author Well, seeing that video does change it a bit for the SERE school. Still, he's a douchebag and hopefully justice will be served.
October 27, 200916 yr No way this would happen during the actual course - not only is everything videotaped, but the docs and such are watching live feeds the whole time.
October 27, 200916 yr The contractors or the military instructors? I had no idea we were using civilians as SERE instructors. My initial reaction is I don't like the idea. It's no worse than having the young enlisted instructors "training" officers
October 28, 200916 yr Not "civilians," "contractors"... With over 50 employees, SERE Solutions, Inc (SSI) is one of the nation's leading contractors providing Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), Peacetime Governmental Detention (PGD), and Hostage Detention (HD) training to the U.S. government. I would be most--if not all--have prior military experience. Don't blame the company for one idiot employee...
October 28, 200916 yr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fassbender Ok. I know it's not him. But how many 32 year old Michael Fassbenders can there really be? "One year after his success at the Cannes Film Festival with Hunger, he appeared in two films. First was Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, in which he played the British officer Lieutenant Archie Hicox." Edited October 28, 200916 yr by usaf36031
October 28, 200916 yr With no criminal record of any kind, it sounds to me like the dude just snapped. I bet he's half way to Canada. Fairchild rape suspect free on bond Rob Kauder | Internet Content Manager, KXLY.com Posted: 1:51 pm PDT October 22, 2009 SPOKANE -- Michael Fassbender, the man arrested earlier this week for the rape of a woman at Fairchild Air Force Base's SERE School, has posted a bond and is out of the Spokane County Jail. Fassbender, who is facing a 1st Degree Rape charge, posted the $20,000 bond Wednesday evening around 8 p.m.
October 28, 200916 yr Turnaround is fair play. He'll be enjoying some butt interrogation in a federal pound-me-in-the-ass prision soon. What a shithead, if this actually happended during RT, then they absolutely need to throw the book at this son of a bitch.
October 28, 200916 yr It's no worse than having the young enlisted instructors "training" officers Yeah this big brick shithouse "trained" (beat the shit out of) me during one interrogation. Honestly it would be a waste if any part of this training was changed because of this. chicken or beef? cheers
October 28, 200916 yr His MySpace Page. creepy... I was just at SERE 2 weeks ago... I definitely remember "interacting" with this douche...
October 28, 200916 yr When I read this story, this guy's face popped into my cranium...just because I was thinking "I bet it was that guy," but I didn't have a face to go with the memory of the name. After seeing that MySpace photo, it looks like my hunch was correct.
October 28, 200916 yr This dipshit was my "home guard" or whatever it was called. "Pay respects to the ######tard rapist! Hail rapist!"
October 28, 200916 yr Wish I wasn't at work so I could see the d-bag's picture. Like Fury220, I have a hunch of who it was... edit: not who I was thinking. But I do remember that guy... Edited October 29, 200916 yr by JarheadBoom
October 28, 200916 yr "When detectives arrived, they found a considerable amount of physical evidence in the interrogation room." Not trying to make light of rape, but did he shoot a huge wad all over the walls or what?
October 28, 200916 yr The text of the article is misleading. If you watch the video of the news clip on the link they say that he had taken a date back to the RT camp to "show her where he worked." The written article makes it sound like it happened during RT. Raises the question of what kind of dude takes a chick to RT on a date. This guy!
October 29, 200916 yr Not "civilians," "contractors"... I would be most--if not all--have prior military experience. Don't blame the company for one idiot employee... When I was there, it was Tate, Inc.
October 29, 200916 yr As awful as it sounds - this kind of thing happens all too often. The only reason this is "news" is because it has to do with the U.S. Military. Don't get me wrong, I loved/hated the training I got up there and I think this is awful... I just dont like the fact that this specific case made headlines when so many other cases went completly uncovered (sts). I hope this one case doesn't cause too many ripples in the SERE community...
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