Brass Behaving Badly

[Dame]

Apologies to the Brass on this Board. This is not a poke at you. However, it's almost like there's an office pool for trying to come up with ways to beat the old headlines (:-") with newer and more tabloid worthy activities.

Military brass, behaving badly: Files detail a spate of misconduct dogging armed forces

By Craig Whitlock, E-mail the writer

Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts publicly warned his troops at Fort Jackson, S.C., last spring that he and the Army had “zero tolerance for sexual harassment and sexual assault.” Here’s what the Army didn’t tell the soldiers: At the time, Roberts himself was under investigation by the military over allegations that he physically assaulted one of his mistresses on multiple occasions.

Martin P. Schweitzer, a commander with the Army’s legendary 82nd Airborne Division, was respectful and polite when he met a female member of Congress to discuss matters at Fort Bragg, N.C. Afterward, however, he couldn’t resist tapping out e-mails to two other generals, describing the lawmaker, Rep. Renee L. Ellmers (R-N.C.), as “smoking hot” and jokingly referring to explicit sexual acts...

“First — she is smoking hot,” Schweitzer wrote. “Second — briefing went well. . . she was engaging. . . had done her homework. She wants us to know she stands with us and will work/push to get the Fort Bragg family resourced.”

That, and what came next, led prosecutors to turn over the e-mail chain to the Army inspector general for a full investigation.

“He sucks still needs to confirm hotness,” Sinclair teased in a reply.

More than an hour later, Schweitzer responded with an apology for the delay, saying he had masturbated “3 times over the past 2 hours” after the meeting with the congresswoman.

This and so much more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...06c770-843d-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html

 

[Chopstick]

The words Leon Panetta and ethical standards in the same sentence are kind of funny, actually. Pot meet Kettle.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...o-california/2012/04/16/gIQAGl2OMT_story.html

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Monday that he regrets that his frequent flights home to California on a military jet have cost taxpayers more than $800,000 since July. He gave no indication, however, that he would end the weekend commutes.

“For 40 years that I’ve been in this town, I’ve gone home because my wife and family are there and because, frankly, I think it’s healthy to get out of Washington periodically just to get your mind straight and your perspective straight,” said Panetta, who maintains a residence with his wife, Sylvia, on their walnut farm in Monterey, Calif.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/07/us/panetta-benghazi-hearing/index.html

"Unfortunately, there was no specific intelligence or indications of an imminent attack on that -- U.S. facilities in Benghazi," Panetta said. "And frankly without an adequate warning, there was not enough time given the speed of the attack for armed military assets to respond."

 

[xGenoSiide]

The words Leon Panetta and ethical standards in the same sentence are kind of funny, actually. Pot meet Kettle.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...o-california/2012/04/16/gIQAGl2OMT_story.html



http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/07/us/panetta-benghazi-hearing/index.html

What a shock, the taxpayers are paying for congressmen to travel to DC so they (the taxpayers) can later be fucked over in some way or another.

Additionally, it may be cheaper for the SecDef to move his family to DC rather than flying private jet X amount of times per year.

 

[Chopstick]

Additionally, it may be cheaper for the SecDef to move his family to DC rather than flying private jet X amount of times per year.

Skype is even cheaper.

 

[Ranger Psych]

Skype is even cheaper.

Skype's as secure as a telephone call, to say, not at all.

 

[Chopstick]

Hopefully the Secretary of Defense would just be chatting with his wife about the walnut farm and not talking shop.