{"id":71214,"date":"2017-04-01T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71214"},"modified":"2017-04-01T09:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T13:31:03","slug":"navy-defies-congress-and-promotes-brian-l-losey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71214","title":{"rendered":"Navy defies Congress and promotes Brian L. Losey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rear Admiral Brian L. Losey was promoted to that rank after he retired November 1, 2016 by the Navy in defiance of members of Congress that had opposed the promotion because of Losey’s search for the person who had ratted him out for a minor abuse of travel regulations. This is from a Washington Post<\/a> article dated October 2015;<\/p>\n

Rear Adm. Brian L. Losey was investigated five times by the Defense Department\u2019s inspector general after subordinates complained that he had wrongly fired, demoted or punished them during a vengeful but fruitless hunt for the person who had anonymously reported him for a minor travel-policy infraction, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Navy was bound and determined to promote the SEAL commander, though. According to a newer Washington Post<\/a> article, Ray Mabus, the Navy Secretary approved Losey’s promotion in his final days in office;<\/p>\n

The documents obtained by The Post, however, show that Mabus later reopened the case. On Jan. 12, during his last week in office as an Obama political appointee, Mabus signed a memo boosting Losey\u2019s rank from a one-star to a two-star admiral.<\/p>\n

Losey, 56, will stay retired, but the documents show that his promotion will benefit him financially for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

His higher rank entitles him to a bigger annual military pension. It will swell to about $142,000 this year, an increase of $16,700, according to Defense Department figures.<\/p>\n

He will also receive a one-time check for about $70,000 in back pay because the Navy dated his promotion retroactively to the date when he first became eligible for a second star.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He gets a pay raise which is equal to many enlisted retirees’ pensions. I’m not making a judgement as to whether the Admiral deserves the promotion or not, but it’s typical that the taxpayers are getting screwed with no real benefit to their extra 16 grand a year.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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