Sexual contact charge dismissed for ex-Fort Cavazos brigade commander

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Sexual contact charge dismissed for ex-Fort Cavazos brigade commander
By Davis Winkie
Sep 15, 04:26 PM
Col. Jon Meredith, the former commander of the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, poses in an undated command portrait. (Army)

The Army dismissed abusive sexual contact charges against the former commander of the 1st Cavalry Division’s Fort Cavazos, Texas-based 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, according to court records and a III Corps spokesperson.

Col. Jon Meredith was fired from brigade command in October 2022 amid an investigation that ultimately led to criminal charges. Meredith was charged with two specifications of abusive sexual contact and two specifications of conduct unbecoming an officer for allegedly groping and kissing a subordinate’s wife without consent while her husband was away on a field exercise in July 2022.

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