bradley manning timeline
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Updated: 29 Oct 2017
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Born (Bradley Edward Manning)
in Oklahoma CityTold childhood friend he
was gay (13 years old)Manning's Parents divorced,
moved out with mum to a
rented apartment in CrescentFather remarried to woman
also called susan who had a son
from a previous relationshipMum attempted suicide, sister
drove her to hospital with an 11
year old Bradley in the back seat
making sure she was still breathingManning and mother moved to
Haverfordwest Wales he attended
Tasker Milward - secondary schoolManning and James Kirkpatrick,
set up an online message board,
angeldyne.com that offered
games and music downloadsWas 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 CityGot a job as a
developer for a
software company
called Zoto let
go after 4 monthsThreatened 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 houseDrove to Tulsa and slept in his
pickup truck before moving
into a friends house from school
both got jobs at Incredible pizzaMoved onto Chicago ran out
of money stayed with aunt in
Maryland for 15 months - few low
paid jobs, a boyfriend - stable timeEnlisted in the army after
weeks of persuasion from
father - paid educationSpent a semester studying History
and English at Montgomery College
- left after failing an exambegan basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri,
realised he wasn't physically or mentally prepared for itsix weeks in was sent to discharge
unit was having a breakdown as
was being severely bullied and
would argue back with drill sergeantsStarted basic training
again after the
decision to discharge
him was revokedGraduated and moved to Fort
Huachuca, Arizona, in order to
attend (AIT) for (MOS) 35F,
intelligence analyst receiving a
TS/SCI security clearancesent to Fort Drum in Jefferson County, New York
where he joined the 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
10th Mountain Division, and trained for
deployment to Iraqmet 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 visitReferred 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 DarkRelationship with Watkins was in
trouble, they reconciled for a
while but it was essentially overSpent four weeks at the Joint
Readiness Training Center
(JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana
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