North Dakota doesn't get much publicity. My small corner of North Dakota gets even less. So when someone from my hometown makes an ass of himself it really ticks me off.

From Mercury News:

A former National Guard commander is accused of taking naked pictures of female U.S. soldiers while they showered last year at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a newspaper reported.

Capt. Leo V. Merck, 32, of Fremont, Calif., faces a court martial, the Contra Costa Times reported this week. Merck is a University of North Dakota graduate who has relatives in Minot.

The Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad is at the center of a scandal involving photographs of U.S. Army soldiers subjecting naked Iraqi prisoners to humiliating treatment.

Three female soldiers from the 870th Military Police Company from Pittsburg, Calif., filed the accusations against Merck in November, National Guard officials told the paper Tuesday.

Spc. Myrna Hernandez, 26, of Antioch, Calif. told the newspaper that she was showering on Nov. 12 at the same time as two other female soldiers when she saw Merck on his hands and knees taking pictures with a digital camera.

Thanks, Leo. The whole community is beaming with pride.

Asshole.