NCIS Report of investigation commenced on June 13, 2003 after officer at Camp Pendleton contacted an NCIS Special Agent to make a statement regarding alleged war crimes committed by a marine, who “was overheard bragging about stabbing dead and wounded Iraqi soldiers” while at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. Doctors at Mental Health Services at the Naval Medical Center reported that the marine had made several statements to them, including that “he had been meritoriously promoted to SGT and received a Purple Heart award,” that he “had a ceremony and parade in his honor at his home town of [redacted] where a Congressman took him out to dinner,” that he had had dinner with Donald Rumsfeld, and that “he had been assaulted in downtown San Diego the night before [early June 2003] and had spent the night at the police station assisting the San Diego Police Department.” One retired soldier expressed concern that the marine was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). One of the investigating officers was contacted by a private investigator on June 27. The investigator indicated that the marine may have self-inflicted a wound, had never been promoted or received a Purple Heart, and never had the opportunity to return home and attend a ceremony and parade in his honor. “Based on the information above [the marine’s] claim of having stabbed Iraqi prisoners of war is considered part of his fictional story. No investigative action is planned by NCIS at this time.”