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Pentagon fires 60 troops after sex-assault review

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Saturday, August 3, 2013 8:41 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


A beginning, maybe?
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Sixty troops have been fired as sexual assault counselors, recruiters or drill instructors after the military investigators found they had committed violations ranging from alcohol-related offenses to child abuse and sexual assault, USA TODAY has learned.

The Army has suspended 55 soldiers, according to figures compiled through mid-July, said George Wright, an Army spokesman. In all, it is looking at 20,000 recruiters, sexual-assault counselors and drill instructors and expects to have completed its screening by Oct. 1. More suspensions could occur as the review continues.

The Navy disqualified three of 5,125 recruiters it reviewed, and two of 4,739 counselors. It reviewed records of 869 recruit instructors; none of them was disqualified.

The Air Force reported no airmen were disqualified but did not report an overall number. The Marines screened its recruiters against the National Sex Offenders Public website, according to a memo, and found no matches. About 6,000 Marine recruiters were screened.
Excerpts from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/08/02/military-sexual
-assault-pentagon/2610181/?sf15667156=1


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Saturday, August 3, 2013 9:37 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


Until they start looking at the superior officers and commanders who either knew about these folks and did nothing, or ignored complaints against them, it's just cosmetic.


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Saturday, August 3, 2013 12:58 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


I was going to add a comment to that effect, but am trying to avoid commenting on news stories I put up so they can stand on their own, not just trigger knee-jerk responses. But that's pretty much how I feel.


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Saturday, August 3, 2013 4:18 PM

FREMDFIRMA


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Originally posted by Geezer:
Until they start looking at the superior officers and commanders who either knew about these folks and did nothing, or ignored complaints against them, it's just cosmetic.


I believe the agreement with this notion is prettymuch mutual.

-F

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Sunday, August 4, 2013 2:05 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by Geezer:
Until they start looking at the superior officers and commanders who either knew about these folks and did nothing, or ignored complaints against them, it's just cosmetic.



sounds about right.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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