Posted on Jun 4, 2015
Army: 75th Ranger Regiment commander investigated
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Commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment Reprimanded: More Senior Leader Misconduct? Need more details, is this it or will the purge continue?
Army: 75th Ranger Regiment commander investigated
Posted from armytimes.com
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As a retired Colonel, I can tell you, unfortunately, senior officers/NCOs are investigated often. Only a few are lucky enough to make it into the news. SGT (Join to see)
As an example, I was flagged for over 39 months as a result of a referred OER I wrote as a battalion commander (LT involved in a sexual assault), that careened into an EO complaint and eventually a DAIG whistleblower reprisal complaint. This was/is not uncommon... If you enforce standards, you can become a target.
It is too easy for Soldiers to complain and gain traction... Disgruntled Soliders and employees abuse the system, as they know in this world you are guilty until you prove you are not guilty. There are no checks in these systems to weed out BS complaints, or folks with an axe to grind. The folks who work these areas assume Commanders are bad, and like to screw with Commanders, and senior leaders.
My case was all about several Soldiers who wanted to screw me...
For me, it seemed the DAIG saw me as high payoff target....
In the end I prevailed.... But the 39 months were lost forever.
The VCSA called me personally to tell me the Army screwed this up...
As an example, I was flagged for over 39 months as a result of a referred OER I wrote as a battalion commander (LT involved in a sexual assault), that careened into an EO complaint and eventually a DAIG whistleblower reprisal complaint. This was/is not uncommon... If you enforce standards, you can become a target.
It is too easy for Soldiers to complain and gain traction... Disgruntled Soliders and employees abuse the system, as they know in this world you are guilty until you prove you are not guilty. There are no checks in these systems to weed out BS complaints, or folks with an axe to grind. The folks who work these areas assume Commanders are bad, and like to screw with Commanders, and senior leaders.
My case was all about several Soldiers who wanted to screw me...
For me, it seemed the DAIG saw me as high payoff target....
In the end I prevailed.... But the 39 months were lost forever.
The VCSA called me personally to tell me the Army screwed this up...
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SGT (Join to see)
COL Charles Williams, I remember when I was at Fort Bragg, one of the SP's turned me in for discrimination. I was called on the carpet, and did CQ while it was investigated. I was eventually cleared, but only because some of my team told the investigators the SP didn't like white people.
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MAJ (Join to see)
COL Charles Williams Sir, unfortunately you are probably right---that the checks in the system aren't really sufficient to "weed out BS complaints." But in this case, with the 75th Ranger Regiment Commander, he received a GOMOR for as-of-yet unspecified misconduct, not a phone call from the VCSA to apologize for an Army screw-up.
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COL Charles Williams
Thanks MAJ (Join to see). I guess I did not read the article closely enough. I am also not saying that leaders don't do bad things, as we know all too well that many do unfortunately do. We actually talk about leadership, command responsibility and power corrupts in class. Interesting.
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What purge? This guy gets a GOMOR and remains the 75th Ranger Regiment Commander? A purge would indicate that he was removed---the article indicates he's still on duty, in an era when a GOMOR for majors and below is a career ending thing (as indicated by FY14 force reduction boards and FY14 and FY15 promotion boards).
We'll see what impact this has on his career; 75th Ranger Regiment Commanders tend to get promoted, not retired. I'd guess, as the Army kept him in command, that he'll continue to serve and would get promoted, when officers and NCOs in his command are separated involuntarily for the same sort of misconduct and getting a GOMOR.
What purge? This guy gets a GOMOR and remains the 75th Ranger Regiment Commander? A purge would indicate that he was removed---the article indicates he's still on duty, in an era when a GOMOR for majors and below is a career ending thing (as indicated by FY14 force reduction boards and FY14 and FY15 promotion boards).
We'll see what impact this has on his career; 75th Ranger Regiment Commanders tend to get promoted, not retired. I'd guess, as the Army kept him in command, that he'll continue to serve and would get promoted, when officers and NCOs in his command are separated involuntarily for the same sort of misconduct and getting a GOMOR.
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MAJ (Join to see)
That's why justice is blind. Guys like Sinclair get made examples of for doing something that UCMJ can't prove, but was obviously wrong. I have some hope though. The level of scrutiny to get promoted to GO is pretty high. Getting shown the exit could also work out for him in the long run: like former Representative from FL Allen West who turned interrogation of an Iraqi detainee with a 9mm into a campaign slogan.
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SSG (Join to see)
I agree with Major Guy on this one. Hard to imagine that he'll pin on a star with a GOMOR in his record. It would be much clearer if they had revealed what the misconduct was.
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MAJ (Join to see)
SSG (Join to see) In this day and age, its hard to imagine a colonel in command was given a GOMOR for misconduct but not relieved of command. Easy to test our predictions with the results of future O-7 promotion boards and if he retires or is re-assigned once he changes command.
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CPT Ahmed Faried
but MAJ (Join to see) , it is so much easier to insinuate something nefarious with words like "purge".
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Not enough information is provided to form a good opinion, however, I doubt it is a "purge" of some sort. Not sure what the alleged incident was that caused this, but he received a GMOR, which means that, after an investigation, enough was substantiated to cause a GO to reprimand him.
I assume that he will most likely retire in the near future. Can't imagine he would be picked up on the BG list with a GMOR in his file.
Not enough information is provided to form a good opinion, however, I doubt it is a "purge" of some sort. Not sure what the alleged incident was that caused this, but he received a GMOR, which means that, after an investigation, enough was substantiated to cause a GO to reprimand him.
I assume that he will most likely retire in the near future. Can't imagine he would be picked up on the BG list with a GMOR in his file.
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