The anthrax booster
Sgt Roderick Castle (Twentynine Palms, March 1997) and Michael Herrera (Padang, October 2009) each say they were given an anthrax 'booster' under guard after the encounter, and each describes an unmarked armed team. Castle's shot came months before the DoD-wide anthrax programme was announced in December 1997.
- Cases
- 2
- Countries
- 2
- Span
- 1997–2009
- Found by
- Cross-match
The cases
- 1997The triangle at Twentynine Palms (Hunter Warrior, 1997)The witness: Sgt Roderick Castle, USMC, Harrier ordnance tech (VMA-513), firsthand on camera; four other Marines present, not yet named.
- 2009Sumatra, 2009: Michael Herrera's octagonal craftIn October 2009, Marine Michael Herrera was with a team from USS Denver on a relief mission after the Padang earthquake in West Sumatra.
What if?
If both are right, the same aftermath procedure was used on Marines who saw something they should not have, twelve years apart.
What would settle it
Both men's service medical records, for an anthrax dose outside the normal schedule.