Two U.S. soldiers behind the fatal attacks in New Orleans, Louisiana and Las Vegas on New Year’s Day served on the same Army base and were both sent to Afghanistan at the same time during the U.S. “surge” there. The new timelines of the two men’s service record appear to contradict a law enforcement official’s statement last week that there were no overlapping assignments in the service record of the two men.

The two men served in different units under separate commands on Fort Liberty, North Carolina — then known as Fort Bragg — for 11 months in 2012 and 2013. The two also deployed with different units to Afghanistan in 2009, though the Army 

Officials maintain that the investigations have uncovered no connections between the two men as they planned and carried out the New Year’s Day attacks.

Though the two overlapping periods in their careers were not in similar jobs or duty stations, they are odds with public statements by at least two law enforcement officials last week who aimed to dispel conspiracies linking the two soldiers based on their assignments at Fort Liberty, North Carolina and deployments to Afghanistan.