{"id":65863,"date":"2016-05-19T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65863"},"modified":"2016-05-18T16:45:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T20:45:32","slug":"lieutenant-general-john-w-hesterman-keeps-his-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65863","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant General John W. Hesterman keeps his rank"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post<\/a> which reports that Air Force Lieutenant General John W. Hesterman will keep his rank through his retirement despite the fact that he was fired from his position as assistant vice chief of staff for conducting an unprofessional relationship with a subordinate officer and demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer.<\/p>\n

The investigation into Hesterman was launched after a complaint was registered in August that he carried on an unprofessional relationship with a subordinate and meddled inappropriately in the assignments of her husband, who was an Air Force colonel. The husband alleged that a relationship between his wife and Hesterman dated to at least 2007, when the general was a one-star officer and commander of the 48th Fighter Wing in Britain.<\/p>\n

Hesterman denied that a sexual relationship took place, but emails that were entered into divorce proceedings between the female officer and her husband were examined by the inspector general and ended Hesterman\u2019s career.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The decision, according to the Post, is worth about $18,000\/year to Hesterman – the difference between two-star and three-star retirement pay. The savings for Hesterman is just a hair below my entire retirement pay check for the year.<\/p>\n

By the way, Air Force, don’t come crying to me when Congress finally sticks it’s nose into your sexual harassment assault response and prevention business when you do things like this. The husband was clearly mistreated by the general so the flag officer could carry on a sexual relationship with the colonel’s wife. The Air Force Secretary and the Defense Secretary signed off so the general could keep his full retirement pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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