Posted on Nov 25, 2021
The military said a Maine guardsman sexually assaulted another soldier. He’s still on base.
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A senior enlisted member of the Maine Army National Guard is still at work on base nearly four months after federal investigators concluded that he sexually assaulted a female colleague earlier in his career.
Meanwhile, another female soldier filed a complaint on Aug. 8 accusing Sgt. Maj. Joshua Willett of touching her without her consent at the guard’s Augusta headquarters, according to internal guard documents obtained by the Bangor Daily News. That complaint was filed less than a month after the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex Investigations substantiated the sexual assault allegation from 2011, documents show. The female soldier in that case came forward about the assault in 2020.
Meanwhile, another female soldier filed a complaint on Aug. 8 accusing Sgt. Maj. Joshua Willett of touching her without her consent at the guard’s Augusta headquarters, according to internal guard documents obtained by the Bangor Daily News. That complaint was filed less than a month after the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex Investigations substantiated the sexual assault allegation from 2011, documents show. The female soldier in that case came forward about the assault in 2020.
The military said a Maine guardsman sexually assaulted another soldier. He’s still on base.
Posted from bangordailynews.com
Sexual Assault
State of Maine
Posted 3 y ago
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Seems like the guy has a problem. Can't keep his hands to himself.
Maybe if they would have let that first girl chop one off, he would have learned lol...
Maybe if they would have let that first girl chop one off, he would have learned lol...
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If you are surprised by this, you haven't been paying attention. It's sad that I'm not surprised but this is reality in the military.
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Investigations are not trials.
The military may have come to conclusions, but have they PROVEN those conclusions?
Absolutely, if you believe someone is a predator, move them to the side while you work the case.
But, then work the case and BRING a case to trial, or at least to Article 15, where the SM has a right to defend themself. AND the Command has the ability to formally punish the inappropriate action.
Not a fan of sidelining someone for good based on unproven (substantiated is not the same as proven) allegations. Nor am I a fan of sidelining someone for good, but continuing to let them serve when they are a predator. Make the case, prove the case, and then punish appropriately.
The military may have come to conclusions, but have they PROVEN those conclusions?
Absolutely, if you believe someone is a predator, move them to the side while you work the case.
But, then work the case and BRING a case to trial, or at least to Article 15, where the SM has a right to defend themself. AND the Command has the ability to formally punish the inappropriate action.
Not a fan of sidelining someone for good based on unproven (substantiated is not the same as proven) allegations. Nor am I a fan of sidelining someone for good, but continuing to let them serve when they are a predator. Make the case, prove the case, and then punish appropriately.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
The point is they didn't relocate him and then he sexually assaulted ANOTHER soldier. Within two weeks of the first accusation being substantiated.
They move victims all the time - so why can't they move someone accused?
They move victims all the time - so why can't they move someone accused?
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SFC Casey O'Mally
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - I will re-iterate. "Absolutely, if you believe someone is a predator, move them to the side while you work the case."
But you HAVE TO WORK THE CASE. Move from "evidence" to either conviction - at which point you drop the predator like a hot potato - or exoneration - at which point you return the innocent SM to their previous (or similar) position of responsibility and authority.
What you DON'T do is let a suspected predator remain in place without bringing them to justice. And also what you DON'T do is sideline an accused leader permanently - or even for an extended period - without giving them due process.
But you HAVE TO WORK THE CASE. Move from "evidence" to either conviction - at which point you drop the predator like a hot potato - or exoneration - at which point you return the innocent SM to their previous (or similar) position of responsibility and authority.
What you DON'T do is let a suspected predator remain in place without bringing them to justice. And also what you DON'T do is sideline an accused leader permanently - or even for an extended period - without giving them due process.
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