Forward Operating Base Sharana in Afghanistan.
On October 6, 2014, in the Eastern District of North Carolina, U.S. Army Specialist Alexander Swim pled guilty to theft and conversion of public property and aiding and abetting. In addition, Swim will be subject to forfeiture of assets.
From January 2012 until October 2012, Swim was deployed to Afghanistan under the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) at FOB Sharana. During his deployment, Swim served as an advanced operating base mechanic with responsibility for overseeing the maintenance of vehicles and the distribution of fuel to special operations forces.
On multiple occasions during his deployment, Swim participated in a conspiracy to steal government-appropriated fuel from FOB Sharana by escorting Afghan national-operated fuel trucks onto the installation to be loaded with fuel, and then escorting them back off the base.
Because of Swim’s actions, the U.S. government suffered a loss of over $400,000 in stolen fuel. Swim was scheduled to be sentenced on January 6, 2015.
Source: Eastern District of North Carolina