This 2011 photograph courtesy of the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) shows Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (right) at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. Najeeban in southern Afghanistan is a ghost village, deserted by the surviving inhabitants after a murderous rampage allegedly carried out by Bales in March 2012.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (right) at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California