{"id":41141,"date":"2021-08-12T16:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/12\/honorable-discharge-retirement-as-colonel-okd-for-green-beret-charged-with-assault-kidnapping\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:29:05","slug":"honorable-discharge-retirement-as-colonel-okd-for-green-beret-charged-with-assault-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/08\/12\/honorable-discharge-retirement-as-colonel-okd-for-green-beret-charged-with-assault-kidnapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorable discharge, retirement as colonel, OK\u2019d for Green Beret charged with assault, kidnapping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former commander of 1st Special Forces Group, who is facing assault and kidnapping charges after an armed standoff with police, will be honorably discharged, keeping retirement pay commensurate with his current rank, according to a July 2 memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memo documenting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/12\/28\/army-green-beret-colonel-i-corps-chief-of-staff-arrested-for-domestic-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Col. Owen G. Ray<\/a>\u2019s discharge status was included among court records filed with the Pierce County Superior Court in Washington state, near his duty station of Joint Base Lewis McChord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Army Grade Determination Review Board has reviewed the Retirement in Lieu of Elimination, based on misconduct and moral or professional dereliction,\u201d reads the memo signed by Michael T. Mahoney, a deputy assistant secretary of the Army. \u201cI approve his Retirement in Lieu of Elimination, and he will be placed on the Retired List in his current grade of 0-6 (Colonel).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 47-year-old Ray will be allowed to retire Sept. 30 with a separation code of \u201cRNC,\u201d meaning \u201cunacceptable conduct,\u201d though his characterization of service will be noted as \u201chonorable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray\u2019s defense attorney, Jared E. Ausserer, confirmed the criminal case is set for trial in mid-September. Prosecutors are arguing that Ray should be sentenced to seven years in prison, which Ausserer said is excessive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Prosecutors] have been unwilling to acknowledge that the PTSD components of Col. Ray\u2019s service have any impact on this case whatsoever, and they\u2019re treating him very differently than a civilian,\u201d Ausserer said. \u201cI have multiple clients who are charged with very similar conduct who are getting misdemeanors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/01\/04\/complaint-about-green-beret-colonels-overreactions-was-dismissed-months-before-police-standoff\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture.JPG_afe0ee.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Complaint about Green Beret colonel\u2019s \u2018overreactions\u2019 was dismissed months before police standoff<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cThey always say \u2018see something; say something,\u2019 but the Army has to do something too,\u201d said the Green Beret officer who filed the complaint.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ausserer stressed that Ray served several decades with no history of similar actions, adding that the military\u2019s decision to honorably discharge his client reflects that. Army officials did not respond to requests for comment prior to this article\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray was suspended from his last Army assignment as the chief of staff for I Corps after he was arrested and charged by Pierce County prosecutors with two counts of felony harassment, one count of kidnapping, two counts of assault and one count of reckless endangerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The charges stemmed from an incident on the night of Dec. 27. Court documents allege that Ray hit his wife multiple times, grabbed a pistol and rifle from his gun locker and threatened to kill police if they attempted to arrest him. Two children woke up and witnessed the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State and local police, who responded to a domestic assault in progress call at Ray\u2019s home, spent roughly two hours talking the armed soldier into surrendering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe defendant outlined his extensive training in combat,\u201d reads a probable cause affidavit from that night. \u201cHe told law enforcement he was a 25-year veteran and spent most of his time in the 1st group special forces. He stated that he had killed a lot of people and he had no problem killing law enforcement if they made attempts to arrest him. The defendant was calm, coherent and articulate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Audio recordings of key portions of the incident were taken on the wife\u2019s cell phone, Ausserer said, and those are being reviewed before trial. Ausserer expects the recording to show that the only person who Ray intended to hurt was himself, although the affidavit alleged Ray also threatened to kill his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/12\/29\/armed-green-beret-colonel-allegedly-had-two-hour-standoff-with-police-before-surrendering\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6270558.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Armed Green Beret colonel allegedly had two-hour standoff with police before surrendering<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Ray is currently being held on two counts of felony harassment, one count of kidnapping, two counts of assault and one count of reckless endangerment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the Dec. 27 incident, concerns about Ray had already been raised in an inspector general complaint made by a fellow Green Beret officer who served under him at 1st Special Forces Group, according to a complaint obtained by Army Times early this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complaint alleged that Ray overreacted on multiple occasions and would berate subordinates. However, the Army\u2019s Special Forces Command IG office returned that complaint as \u201cnot substantiated\u201d in June 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One month later, Ray was elevated to be I Corps\u2019 chief of staff, a coveted role that often leads to the general officer ranks. Before being suspended, though, Ray was not in a promotable status, according to I Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While assigned to I Corps, Ray was not the subject of any other investigations, officials at the unit said previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray was released from jail on a $100,000 bond in mid-July, according to court documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife wrote in a victim statement to the court that her military protective order against Ray expires when he retires. She asked that a county protective order be extended to include the town in which she and her children live, even after Ray leaves the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documents filed by Ray\u2019s defense attorney had requested that he be allowed to travel throughout Washington state to attend Veterans Affairs facilities for treatment and visit with family other than those protected by the no-contact orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This article has been updated with comment from Col. Owen G. 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