{"id":31471,"date":"2012-08-12T09:15:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T13:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31471"},"modified":"2012-08-12T09:15:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T13:15:01","slug":"lackland-commander-relieved-in-wake-of-sex-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31471","title":{"rendered":"Lackland Commander relieved in wake of sex scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that the commander of the Air Force’s basic training installation has lost his job over the widening sex scandal at the base;<\/p>\n

Col. Glenn Palmer was commander of basic training for the 737th training group at the Texas base, where more than a dozen military instructors in the past year have been investigated or charged with sexually assaulting recruits. Officials familiar with the decision said Palmer has been relieved from those duties, speaking on condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet public.<\/p>\n

The officials said there was no indication Palmer was facing any criminal charges. In all, six instructors have been charged with offenses ranging from rape to adultery.<\/p>\n

Investigators say more than three dozen female trainees have been victimized by male instructors at Lackland, where approximately 35,000 airmen graduate each year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not going to deny that sexual assault doesn’t occur in the military. In fact, I tried to punish one of my NCOs when I worked at HHC 10th Mountain Division who thought it would be a good idea for him to walk through the female barracks, drunk, in an open robe wearing Daisy Dukes, calling a certain young soldier who he thought was particularly attractive. She called me at home late on a Sunday night, which didn’t bode well for anyone. <\/p>\n

I wasn’t successful getting him punished, but I did get him fired. I think it affected my other NCOs in that they behaved themselves in public, anyway. Of course, while I was trying to get him some NJP, it was a major battle between me, the commander and 1SG, because they didn’t think his behavior rose to the level of punishment, but I was just trying to protect them by urging them to take action. But, I guess some people don’t see sexual misbehavior as all that serious. So, I got them to move him to the Division TOC and away from my females.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen it the other way, too. One of my female soldiers thought that I should give her a sexual end-of-tour award on her last day in the unit and she became quite adamant about it. Yeah, it didn’t happen, but I probably could have had her busted for sexual assault, but actually, I just wanted her gone. I guess pretty 20-year-olds aren’t all that accustomed to people telling them ‘no’.<\/p>\n

But, yeah, I’ll admit that it happens, and commanders who aren’t willing to do something about it deserve what they get. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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