Provenance · Sources
The documentary record.
Every claim on this site traces to one of the documents catalogued here. Sources are named by document, issuing authority, and date where known. No external links are provided: several documents are non-public or under FOIA processing. Citations on other pages name the source document by its entry here.
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Citation policy
This archive cites by document name, not by hyperlink. Many of the underlying records are Army personnel documents, service medical records, or sworn declarations — they are named here but not posted publicly. No fabricated link stands in for them. Where a source is a published government product (a doctrine manual, a regulation, a DVIDS article), it is named precisely enough to be located by a reader with archive access. Where a source is a private record, it is held by the subject of record and provided by request to verified parties only — contact information is on the Verification page.
Army personnel records
- Officer Evaluation Reports (full series) — complete OER timeline, including the deployment-period report (rater CPT Stephen M. Haley; senior rater LTC Edward F. Borowiec Jr.) and surrounding reports that show pre- and post-deployment performance. Army record — by request, verified parties only
- DD Form 214 (Army) — Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. Establishes Afghanistan deployment in Block 18 and retirement on 24 January 2016 at the rank of Captain (O-3E). Army record — by request, verified parties only
- DD Form 214 (USMC) — Marine Corps service record, 1988–1992, with MOS 2512/2513, 3rd Battalion 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Combat Action Ribbon, and Southwest Asia Service Medal (two service stars). Service record — by request, verified parties only
- Deployment orders — mobilization and deployment orders for OEF 2011–2012, 230th Signal Company (TIN), 25th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade. Army record — by request, verified parties only
- DoD deployment verification — Department of Defense confirmation of Afghanistan presence during the October 2011 combat-exposure window. DoD record — by request, verified parties only
- Permanent Order 12-130-05 — Meritorious Service Medal order, signed BG Kaffia Jones, 9 May 2012. Army record — by request, verified parties only
- Permanent Order 119-11 (April 2013) — Meritorious Unit Commendation order; achievement period (1 September 2010 – 30 September 2011) is the documented mismatch discussed on The Record. Army record — by request, verified parties only
- Promotion orders — Captain (O-3E) — promotion-to-Captain order on file in the personnel record. Army record — by request, verified parties only
- Combat Action Ribbon citation — USMC — citation package for the Combat Action Ribbon earned during Desert Storm operations. Service record — by request, verified parties only
- Southwest Asia Service Medal certificate — SWA Service Medal with two campaign stars for USMC service. Service record — by request, verified parties only
- Name-change order — Asotin County, Washington — legal name change from Jason Edward Capps to Jason Edward Schnätterle, Case CI16775, 24 April 2017; connector between USMC and Army records. Public court record
Government regulations and doctrine
- FM 6-02, Signal Support to Operations — Headquarters, Department of the Army, 22 January 2014. First consolidated FM 6-02 edition, published roughly eighteen months after redeployment. FOIA copy returned to Senator Patty Murray’s office and held by the subject. Paragraphs cited on Doctrine include ¶ 2-33 / 2-34, ¶ 2-40 / 2-42, ¶ 2-65, and ¶ 3-23 / 3-25. Public doctrine — FOIA copy on file
- ATP 6-02.71, Techniques for Department of Defense Information Network Operations — DODIN/NetOps techniques; cited for DSST and TCF operations. Public doctrine
- ATP 6-02.12, Department of Defense Information Network–Army Planning Techniques — planning techniques manual; cited for PACE and network planning. Public doctrine
- TC 6-02.1, The U.S. Army Signal Corps Training Strategy — training circular companion to the FM 6-02 family. Public doctrine
- AR 600-8-22, Military Awards — awards regulation; governs award criteria/authority for the analysis on Awards. Public regulation
- AR 623-3, Evaluation Reporting System — evaluation-regulation; governs OER content and rating-chain roles. Public regulation
- Signal Captains Career Course program of instruction — Signal School curriculum that reflects doctrinal changes after OEF. Army training material
Published government and unit publications
- DVIDS / The Lion’s Roar — 25th Signal Battalion newsletter — official battalion newsletter issues, including “Mission Essential Movements” by Spc. Nicole Newton (2nd Quarter 2012), naming the subject, company, and mission context. Public — government product
- Marine Corps Association, Leatherneck — “Desert Storm Snipers” by Kyle Watts — January 2026 article on the Kilpatrick/Zickefoose engagement; used as contextual background for the USMC service period. Public — published
Federal agency determinations
- VA rating decision — traumatic brain injury — Department of Veterans Affairs rating decision at 100% service-connected TBI, effective 21 August 2012. Anchors the medical narrative on the Medical page. Agency determination — by request, verified parties only
Service medical records and clinical evaluations
- Service medical records — October 2011 combat exposure — contemporaneous records documenting VBIED exposure, rocket attack, and history of head trauma with loss of consciousness. Service medical — by request, verified parties only
- DD Form 2900 — Post-Deployment Health Assessment — post-deployment screening documenting blast exposures and neurological symptoms. Service medical — by request, verified parties only
- FOB Farah BAS encounter — Battalion Aid Station visit in Farah tied to deployment events. Service medical — by request, verified parties only
- Medical imaging and laboratory studies (2012 forward) — clinical imaging/labs supporting TBI and related diagnoses. Medical record — by request, verified parties only
- Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) summary — MEB documentation underlying medical retirement and combat-related findings. Medical record — by request, verified parties only
- Treating-provider notes (2012–2015) — clinical notes chronicling TBI sequelae and related conditions. Medical record — by request, verified parties only
- SPECT imaging — Amen Clinics (14 November 2018) — functional imaging report consistent with blast-related injury. Medical record — by request, verified parties only
- Independent Medical Evaluation — Dr. Nicholas Welch, MD — 8 August 2025 neurological IME and nexus opinion (Welch letter). Medical record — by request, verified parties only
- Ongoing clinical workup — sleep, endocrine, cardiac — current clinical record for sleep apnea (BiPAP), endocrine, and cardiac findings, treated as TBI sequelae/related conditions. Medical record — by request, verified parties only
Sworn statements and testimony
- Sworn declarations under 28 U.S.C. §1746 — first-person statements by the subject, executed under penalty of perjury, used where testimony is the anchor. Sworn testimony — by request, verified parties only
- Command-chain testimony offers — officers and NCOs in the deployment chain who have indicated willingness to provide statements. Names withheld on this public page. Testimony — by request, verified parties only
- Coalition counterpart correspondence — written correspondence from Italian Joint Task Force counterparts at FOB Farah corroborating coalition-communications integration. Correspondence — by request, verified parties only
- Photographic and contextual materials — Early Career & Mentors — family photographs, wedding photographs, and related contextual records documenting the longstanding friendship between Captain Jason Edward Schnatterle and Major General Torrence Wilkes Saxe, including Omak High School, Eastern Washington University, Gulf War–era family and civic-network ties, and the mentorship context described on the Early Career and Mentors page. Private source material — by request, verified parties only
- FOB Farah airfield-operations coin — presented coin from the airfield operations element; catalogued on the Artifacts page. Physical artifact — held by subject
- FOB Farah flag certificate — 12 January 2012 — certificate for a U.S. flag flown over FOB Farah, signed by LTC Patrick J. Stevenson and CSM Yolanda M. Tate. Physical artifact — held by subject
- RC-West and battalion/brigade coins — presented coins from Task Force C4, 25th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, and 1-107th AOB. Physical artifact — held by subject
- End-of-tour signed Multicam uniform — Multicam combat uniform signed by unit members at end of tour. Physical artifact — held by subject