correspondent james rosen is live with the latest. reporter: although the formal charges have yet to be filed in this case a fuller picture of the u.s. soldier at its center is fast emerging. according to documents oblted by the new york times. staff sergeant robert bales was arrested a decade ago on a misdemeanor charge of an assault on a women in a hotel room in tacoma, washington. the charges were dropped off bales reportedly paid a fine and completed anger management training. he would marry a different woman who whom he is still married shortly there after and they have two children. he has at times performed heroically in the armed services, including three grueling tours of duty in iraq and the one in tkapbz cut short. the striker brigade in the second battalion third inch fran tree regiment took part in a gun battle in a holy city in iraq in january of 2007.