Flag officer weekend body count
Bobo sends us links to the stories of two more flag officers who succumbed to their darker sides and joined their peers on the Naughty List. Rear Admiral Rick Williams was fired on Friday from his job as commanding officer of Pacific Fleet’s carrier strike group training command for looking at porn on his government computer, according to the Navy Times;
During a routine inspection, Williams was found to have looked at pornographic images on his government computer, violating Navy rules, said a Navy source familiar with the incident. The misuse of the computer did not involve any classified material and the investigation is ongoing, the source added.
“They have enough information to say it wasn’t just a mistake,” the source said. “It was extensive enough that they knew it was not just an error.”
Williams, a career surface warfare officer, has been the head of Carrier Strike Group 15 since June. He could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday.
I guess he couldn’t wait until he got home.
Michigan National Guard Major General James Wilson is being investigated for using his position for private gain, according to the Air Force Times;
At issue were two contract proposals submitted by now-retired Maj. Gen. James Wilson for his Springfield, Virginia-based consulting firm Northstar Services LLC. Northstar’s proposals, submitted in 2010 and 2011, contained Wilson’s official photograph in military service dress, according to the IG report. At the time, Wilson was still in the Guard as a brigadier general, and the photograph had his ceremonial one-star flag in the background.
[…]
“Brig. Gen. Wilson’s inclusion of his official photo in uniform for the contract proposal can reasonably be construed to imply that the Government sanctions or endorses his personal business,” the report said in its conclusion.
Wilson retired in September to avoid the investigation after he got a counseling statement from Vice Chief of Staff General Larry Spencer in January.
So, let the wrist slapping begin.
Poor critters, bless their hearts.
*snerk*
Did NorthStar end up getting the contract?
Holden
I ask since Wilson apparently got another star.
The AF Times article Jonn linked indicates NorthStar got at least one of the two contracts.
absolutely crazy on the on the first story I’ve seen two soldiers get OTH in the last six years for viewing porn on government computers,
another by mistake sent a Msg marked sensitive on a regular net computer Gov computer and not a SIPER like it made a difference because by this time we all knew our network had serious issues..
so my takeaway from all this is, if I’m a flag officer and higher or bad discharge and if your name is Clinton no jail or a boot in the ass Lol….
we need Jesus and he don’t want us Lol….
My spelling is WAY OFF TODAY Lol….
Yeah. The Admiral should have been fapping to the paper fuck books like the rest of us!
Not that I ever did that sort of thing.
WORD ^^^^
Me either, I swear I never have?
I LIED! I saw the picture with Burt Reynolds and he sure as heck didn’t get ladies with his little baby penis.. I apologize for fibbing
Hopefully most of if not all of the GOs in the USMC will join them in retirement.
If was a GO in the USMC, I would tell Mabus “fuck this noise” and retire on the spot.
Let Mabus deal with the replacements.
It is said that the cream floats to the top.
Eventually, so do the corpses.
I don’t see any cream here.
“I don’t see any cream here.”
Maybe check in Adm. Williams’ waste basket…
SCNR, I’ll see myself out. 🙂
My friend the plumber likes to state that management is often, unfortunately, like sewage in that the really big chunks often rise to the top….
There’s that old saying ‘Shit floats’.
It does have substance.
There are some interesting alternate theories on why Williams was fired floating around on the internet.
I’ve seen the same rumors come up over the weekend, that the porn viewing was only an excuse and he was fired for other reasons with connections to the very top.
Where I read the alternate theory said we should hold on. The truth may come out eventually.
I’ve read the real reason earlier today. They threw this porn thing in as a reason. I’m under the impression it’s nearly impossible to link to a porn site in today’s military unless you’re a real world computer geek. Interesting to find out…..
Yes, the ACL blocks will keep you from traveling to ‘most’ naughty sites – either intentionally or accidentally – but there is always email attachments (which get scanned as well to some extent) and removable media. I’d be willing to bet dollars that it was the latter that got him pinched.
He got a Counseling Statemnt ! Holy shit, no need to over react here. I loved those things, I usually got them for ignoring some bullshit policy a pencil head conjured up.
Insofar as Porn goes, they didn’t define what Porn is exactly. Are we talking naked midgets covered in mayonnaise rolling in Rice Krispies or what?
I think he should appeal his case, I will offer my services to help determine if what he was viewing is actually Porn.
I mean really, there is some former PH2 that posts erotic food recipes around here. She may be responsible for ending his career.
You called?
Close your eyes and think of me …
” I loved those things, I usually got them for ignoring some bullshit policy a pencil head conjured up. ”
Dave, I suspect you were the 6th monkey.
http://www.27bslash6.com/timesheets.html
(MUST READ)
Now that is funny as Hell.
Reminds me of that movie about the guy with the red stapler that burned the building down.
But the movie did have Jennifer Aniston in it, so really didn’t pay much attention to any of the other characters other than the Ron Livingston who played the LT/CPT S-2 Officer in Band of Brothers.
HAHAHAHAHA, you have no idea how close that is to the truth. It’s winter so I don’t spend as much time staring out my office window at the green on hole #1 so I can send urgent txt’s to my Attorneys.
I think they have become wise to my ways and now avoid the first hole all together.
Good CPA’s are a little OCD so I spend part of the day trying to explain to each of them the folly in spending an hour looking for $20 that is out of balance. The can’t sleep until they find it, realizing how bizarre their behavior is they pretend like they have moved on to other things. Of course they stay late and off payroll to find the $20…I works for all of us.
I then go to one of the restaurants. I wait until that obnoxious customer starts complaining about the food. I introduce myself using one of my managers names, ridicule them, refuse to give a refund and start applauding when they leave.
The next day I get to read the emails sent to Corporate about my rude manager. I call the manager and ask what it is all about. They talk like porky pig for a few minutes until one of the other employees throws me under the bus.
I usually respond with an email about how I have had it with myself and am going to fire me this time.
Anyway, I would love to do your taxes this year, just don’t complain or I will turn your shit over to one of the $20 fixated ladies.
Oh, I’ll be there for you… as the world falls down.
https://youtu.be/VppuD1St8Ec
Geez you two, get a room! Before TAH gets blocked where I work for pr0n! *eyeroll*
And just remember how it usually turns out in the end:
In the end I would only regret not loving with a passion. Nothing completes a man like the love of a woman. Nothing can take his breath away like her smile. Nothing hurts more than her tears.
If she keeps making gravy, I’ll keep being the biscuit.
Wow! I know what you like ?
I can’t vouch for the validity of the article but someone over at Ace’s place posted this regarding the admiral. http://tinyurl.com/h6bcdaw It claims the admiral was fired for questioning a possible house purchase by Obama in Dubai and that the porn claims are made up. Can’t say, but as someone upthread pointed out, porn on a government computer is a pretty big no no and careers are lost because of it.
Porn on a government computer is not only a major no-no, it’s damn near impossible unless it was brought in via CD-ROM or other such medium. If it was internet porn, someone somewhere had to allow it to reach his computer. The Admiral wouldn’t (or at least shouldn’t) have access to the network at a level high enough to allow him to get to pornsites.
True – in theory. But if the Admiral complained to his Chief of Staff or N6 that “I can’t access stuff I need to access”, it’s also possible that the N6 shortly afterwards told his folks, “He’s the Admiral. Let him access any damn thing he wants.”
Not supposed to work that way. But I wouldn’t be shocked if that’s what happened, either.
If that’s the case, the 6’s head should be on a pike next to the Admiral’s.
Yeah, they were wrong too – if that’s what actually happened. It’s debatable whether they were as culpable as the pr0n connoisseur, though – particularly if they asked the RADM “Do you require those increased access permissions so that you can do your job, sir?” before doing so.
In any case: how many times have you seen people “bend the rules a little” to please a GO/FO?
I can tell you without a doubt my happy band of Signal Pirates (we covered everything from satellite to wire) didn’t change ANYBODY’S access to anything unless it was on a TSO (telecommunication service order) signed by the S6. There’s gonna be a name on the blame line.
I guess times have changed.
I have seen clowns burn themselves over open access.
Admirals can’t afford smart phones? WTF
Funny thing about comps and internet, Back in the relative stone age of internet, just before I retired I was at work and looked to order some uniform items for my reenacting.
One of the sites I tried to get to bought up a “blocked from viewing” by base comm.
Not wanting to have shit roll down on me I called the base comm center. Apparently it had been labeled a hate site because it sold Confederate Items.
Too funny and too true. Once got the big red message of death for trying to access a site in search of some small arms accessories. Apparently Dixie Gun Works was blocked because it had the word Dixie in it and of course that automatically qualifies as a hate site.
So a person in the Navy looked at porn, which is surprising because we all know that no-one in the history of the Navy has ever looked at porn, and was fired. And Hillary is running for President and has done what with classified e-mails?????
exactly
Translation: The admiral called emperor mom jeans a p***Y.
And no one has answered the still outstanding question.
Does Obama still get the free palace in Dubai?
Can’t reason it out, no sense in it. I’ll wager its a made up, bullshit beef. One that’ll cost him dearly…
If only he spent his time at work visiting TAH instead of porn, he would have no problem.
Folks, the mansion story came from a known fake story generator. See here: http://www.snopes.com/rick-williams-obamas-mansion/
So, this means no pinups of Betty Grable or Marilyn or Betty Page in the lockers any more? How sad!