IG report’s in on fired USAF Maj Gen

Maj Gen Dawn Dunlop

Ex-PH2 originally wrote on Maj Gen Dawn Dunlop when she was removed from her post as commanding general of Special Access Program Central Office, the Pentagon’s office for “black”, classified programs.

Now the Air Force IQ report has been completed. Among the findings were;

Dunlop commonly demeaned her subordinates when they failed to live up to her expectations, was unprofessionally insulting, and regularly implied they were stupid, said witnesses. Several of them used terms like “dictatorial” and “borderline abusive” to characterize her leadership style, and described her as treating subordinates like a “parent scolding a child.”

Her behavior was so bad, senior leaders quit attending meetings with her.

Dunlop’s confrontational leadership style reached a boiling point on Jan. 4, 2019, when she grabbed a shocked subordinate’s hand without her permission to get her attention during a dispute over her calendar and a visitor coming in for coffee.

The subordinate told investigators that Dunlop “just went ballistic” when she found out a visitor, with whom Dunlop had a coffee appointment, was first going to stop by her office. Dunlop scolded the subordinate for not telling her the visitor was coming up and said she was concerned the visitor would see bare walls in her office and askew coat hangars and papers on her desk.

The subordinate told investigators she looked at Dunlop’s schedule to bring a change to her attention and Dunlop grabbed her hand and shook it “like a child to get my attention.” The altercation was witnessed by multiple people, who told investigators that Dunlop raised her voice and told the subordinate, “Look at me, look at me please.”

The subordinate said that while she was shocked, Dunlop did not grab her hand hard. And witnesses said Dunlop did not appear to intend to harm or scare the subordinate, though they were surprised. One SAPCO employee called the Pentagon Force Protection Agency to report the incident the following week.

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency is the Pentagon’s police force for those not familiar with the workings of the five-sided insane asylum.

The general passed three years time in grade at the beginning of the month. She’s still on active duty, but I’d expect a retirement to happen any moment now. She had been the Air Force’s first female test pilot, first female to fly an F-22, first female to command a test wing.

Read the rest here; airforcetimes.com

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