bradley manning timeline

Born (Bradley Edward Manning) in Oklahoma City

Told childhood friend he was gay (13 years old)

Manning's Parents divorced, moved out with mum to a rented apartment in Crescent

Father remarried to woman also called susan who had a son from a previous relationship

Mum attempted suicide, sister drove her to hospital with an 11 year old Bradley in the back seat making sure she was still breathing

Manning and mother moved to Haverfordwest Wales he attended Tasker Milward - secondary school

Manning and James Kirkpatrick, set up an online message board, angeldyne.com that offered games and music downloads

Was the target of bullying as the only american and perceived as effeminate (wasn't openly gay in Wales)

(at age 17) Fearing that his mother was becoming too ill to cope he returned to the United States and moved in with his father in Oklahoma City

Got a job as a developer for a software company called Zoto let go after 4 months

Threatened his stepmother with a knife in an argument about his failure to get another job she called the police and he was asked to leave the house

Drove to Tulsa and slept in his pickup truck before moving into a friends house from school both got jobs at Incredible pizza

Moved onto Chicago ran out of money stayed with aunt in Maryland for 15 months - few low paid jobs, a boyfriend - stable time

Enlisted in the army after weeks of persuasion from father - paid education

Spent a semester studying History and English at Montgomery College - left after failing an exam

began basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, realised he wasn't physically or mentally prepared for it

six weeks in was sent to discharge unit was having a breakdown as was being severely bullied and would argue back with drill sergeants

Started basic training again after the decision to discharge him was revoked

Graduated and moved to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, in order to attend (AIT) for (MOS) 35F, intelligence analyst receiving a TS/SCI security clearance

sent to Fort Drum in Jefferson County, New York where he joined the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and trained for deployment to Iraq

met Tyler Watkins, (studying neuroscience and psychology at Brandeis University) first serious relationship, and he posted happily on Facebook about it, regularly traveling 300 miles to Boston to visit

Referred to an Army Mental Health Counselor as was described as emotionally fraught and apparently cried for hours after watching The last King of Scotland and Dancer in the Dark

Relationship with Watkins was in trouble, they reconciled for a while but it was essentially over

Spent four weeks at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana