Nick Bickle
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Nicholas "Nick" Bickle was a Navy SEAL who worked as a consultant on Dark of the Moon as well as appearing onscreen as a member of NEST. After interning for U.S. Senator [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Max Cleland|{{#if:||Max Cleland}}]], he enlisted in the Navy in 2004 and following which he did two tours in Iraq and was for a time a warfare tactics instructor at Naval Amphibious Base in California.<ref>{{#if: |""—|}}{{#if: https://web.archive.org/web/20101126234909/https://militarycorruption.com/bickle.htm ||}}{{#if: MilitaryCorruption.com |, MilitaryCorruption.com|}}{{#if: ACCUSED NAVY SEAL A HERO, OR ARMS SMUGGLER? |, "ACCUSED NAVY SEAL A HERO, OR ARMS SMUGGLER?"|}}{{#if: 2010 |, 2010{{#if: |/{{#switch:{{#len:}}|1=0{{{month}}}|{{{month}}}}}{{#if: |/{{#switch:{{#len:}}|1=0{{{day}}}|{{{day}}}}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://web.archive.org/web/20101126234909/https://militarycorruption.com/bickle.htm ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20101126234909/https://militarycorruption.com/bickle.htm%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20101126234909/https://militarycorruption.com/bickle.htm%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20101126234909/https://militarycorruption.com/bickle.htm%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20101126234909/https://militarycorruption.com/bickle.htm%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref> He was arrested in November 2010 with two other men and later found guilty of smuggling weapons and explosives from Iraq back to the US.<ref>{{#if: |""—|}}{{#if: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/service-freedom-will-end-for-convicted-seal/ |Carri Geer Thevenot|Carri Geer Thevenot}}{{#if: Las Vegas Review-Journal |, Las Vegas Review-Journal|}}{{#if: Service, freedom will end for convicted SEAL |, "Service, freedom will end for convicted SEAL"|}}{{#if: 2011 |, 2011{{#if: 11 |/{{#switch:{{#len:11}}|1=011|11}}{{#if: 19|/{{#switch:{{#len:19}}|1=019|19}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/service-freedom-will-end-for-convicted-seal/ ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/service-freedom-will-end-for-convicted-seal/%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/service-freedom-will-end-for-convicted-seal/%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/service-freedom-will-end-for-convicted-seal/%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/service-freedom-will-end-for-convicted-seal/%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref> After his conviction, Bickle was ignobly discharged in November 2011, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Military discharge#Under Other Than Honorable Conditions (UOTHC) Discharge|{{#if:below a dishonorable discharge|below a dishonorable discharge|Military discharge#Under Other Than Honorable Conditions (UOTHC) Discharge}}]].<ref>{{#if: |""—|}}{{#if: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/ex-seal-convicted-of-arms-trafficking-ignobly-discharged/ |Doug McMurdo|Doug McMurdo}}{{#if: Las Vegas Review-Journal |, Las Vegas Review-Journal|}}{{#if: Ex-SEAL convicted of arms trafficking ignobly discharged |, "Ex-SEAL convicted of arms trafficking ignobly discharged"|}}{{#if: 2011 |, 2011{{#if: 12 |/{{#switch:{{#len:12}}|1=012|12}}{{#if: 23|/{{#switch:{{#len:23}}|1=023|23}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/ex-seal-convicted-of-arms-trafficking-ignobly-discharged/ ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/ex-seal-convicted-of-arms-trafficking-ignobly-discharged/%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/ex-seal-convicted-of-arms-trafficking-ignobly-discharged/%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/ex-seal-convicted-of-arms-trafficking-ignobly-discharged/%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/ex-seal-convicted-of-arms-trafficking-ignobly-discharged/%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref> In July 2012, he was sentenced to 17½ years in prison.<ref>{{#if: |""—|}}{{#if: https://apnews.com/general-news-82914c42841344b484c72889f9ecea30 |Ken Ritter|Ken Ritter}}{{#if: Associated Press |, Associated Press|}}{{#if: Ex-Navy SEAL gets nearly 18 years in weapons case |, "Ex-Navy SEAL gets nearly 18 years in weapons case"|}}{{#if: 2012 |, 2012{{#if: 07 |/{{#switch:{{#len:07}}|1=007|07}}{{#if: 17|/{{#switch:{{#len:17}}|1=017|17}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://apnews.com/general-news-82914c42841344b484c72889f9ecea30 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://apnews.com/general-news-82914c42841344b484c72889f9ecea30%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive 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