Ft. Bragg’s “Kissing Colonel” Relieved of Command
If at your next SHARP training session you get taught that it is not okay for you to go to spouses in your unit and kiss them on the lips this is why:
As Congress wrangled with the growing clamor over sexual misconduct in the military in 2013, a Fort Bragg commander made it a practice to give the wives of subordinates unwelcome kisses on the lips at public events.
After an anonymous letter was sent to the commander’s superiors, a subsequent investigation led to his removal from his job. But he stayed in the military and was allowed to quietly retire in April 2015 – more than two years after the initial complaint about his conduct.
An Army investigation – triggered by an anonymous letter to Lt. Gen. Daniel Allyn, commander of the 18th Airborne Corps at the time – reveals that Col. Chad McRee, former commander of the 16th Military Police Brigade, violated five of eight core expectations for Army leaders, made inappropriate remarks toward officers and noncommissioned officers and was unfairly authoritative toward Family Readiness Group members, officers and noncommissioned officers. [Fayetteville Observer]
You have to read the whole thing at the link to appreciate how outrageous this Colonel and his wife’s behavior was in regards to spouses in their unit.
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I like the yoda, with caption. 🙂
Yeah, I’ve seen really bad commander+wife teams….commanders who discipline soldiers because his wife was displeased that the other wife displeased her (for whatever reason). I’ll never forget when my husband had his first assignment as DO. The squadron commander’s wife had just barely met me, and asked me “if I would mind going with her to discipline one of the spouses in the squadron”. She said this spouse had asked every wife in the squadron if they wanted to join a supper club, without first making sure it was okay with her.
I had no idea how to respond. I half thought she was kidding, half thought she must be insane.
It probably showed on my face and she dropped it. She didn’t like me much after that. Thank God that was a short assignment.