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Charges expected this week in Afghan killings
March 22, 2012
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Meanwhile, more details emerged about the suspect, and friends and neighbors spoke about the man accused of atrocities. They remember Bales as a man of honor.
"Bales is an extremely professional NCO," Capt. Chris Alexander, who served with Bales and has known him for years, told CBS News. "No job too menial or too dangerous, and he would always get it done, and get it done very well."
Bales joined the Army shortly after September 11, 2001. He was already 27 years old at the time.
Family friend Steve Berling says Bales "felt that he needed something bigger in
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