Brigadier General Michael Bobeck fired
Bobo sends us a link to the story of Brigadier General Michael Bobeck in USAToday. It seems the good general not only has an extramarital playmate, he’s also in bed with defense contractors;
Brig. Gen. Michael Bobeck has been the focus of an internal investigation into an extramarital affair — a violation of military law — and misuse of government resources, according to Defense Department officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the investigation. The probe remains open, and Bobeck has been reassigned pending its outcome.
Bobeck began his career as an infantry soldier then got a commission with ROTC and flew helicopters – he commanded a company of the 160th SOAR – special operations aviators.
Bobeck rejects any suggestion that he would have abused his military position to benefit himself or a defense contractor, said his Army lawyer, Lt. Col. Adam Kazin. Moreover, Bobeck was in no position to award or influence contracts, Kazin said.
“Any implication that there was any wrongdoing is very upsetting to him,” Kazin said. “Abusing his position to enrich himself is not in line with how he views himself.”
He was living rent-free in an apartment that an executive for Peduzzi Associates Ltd., an Alexandria, Va.-based consulting firm provided for him. You know, because the Army doesn’t pay flag officers enough to afford good housing for themselves after their wife tosses them out for extramarital monkey shines. If it walks like a duck…..
Category: Big Pentagon
He should have just started a charity foundation and paid for the apartment through charity donations.
Perfectly legal and the defense contractor gets a tax deduction…
The Clinton Way.
Before we line up a firing squad on this general, let’s remember the scumsucking pig in the white house that is intent on destroying America and her military..he has been getting rid of any higher brass that doesn’t kiss his ass and this smells of the same BULLSHYT!
Nope….Know this one. This story doesn’t, unfortunately, surprise me.
Actually, I believe it was the Trump way of doing things. In fact just today the New York Attorney General shut down said foundation for violations. Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
Quack quack quack…..
OK, Ex. Spill it.
Would you hit this one star as much as the two star from earlier today?
Inquiring minds and all that.
No.
He’s pig-eyed and he almost looks cross-eyed.
Never trust a pig-eyed horse or a pig-eyed man.
But, But, he’s a helicopter pilot.
They get all the trim.
Don’t believe it? Just ask a pilot.(bring a lunch, it’ll be a while)
I’m truly amazed at Ex-PH2’s apparent resistance to the charms of fly-boys, especially after she spent time at Pensacola, the veritable nursery of naval aviators.
Did you ever ask how much they pay for all that trim? 🙂
Nah, I didn’t think so.
Some of those labeled ‘trim’ have a list of names they check off as they go.
He has a meat gazer’s grin in that picture.
Always consider how it will look to be explaining your acceptance of favors to your superiors and subordinates.
If you are unconcered, reconsider at least twice.
“If he was not trying to sell us something, and if I had no influence on the purchase process, would this person give me the time of day?”
In espionage, they do not compromise you with an offer of a million bucks for the plans to the X-Wing fighter. They buy you lunch and ask about mundane web gear. Later, once they establish that you are for sale, they up the orders, and you notice that they set the hook a long time ago, probably for the price of a pizza.
Christine Keeler and John Profumo.
Any questions?
Not every contractor who buys a military officer a lunch or dinner is looking for state secrets. In thirty years of marketing pharmaceuticals and healthcare to the military, I bought a lot of such meals, primarily for senior military doctors, O-5 and O-6, for the main purpose of ensuring that when you called on them at their offices, you wouldn’t get brushed off with, “Tell him I’m too busy to see him right now.”
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye…
Adios, arivadercci, aloha, au revoir,adios, dice vi danya,…
Cocksucker.
In a fair world he would be sucking some in prison.
Long ago and far away (Germany) we were constantly reminded to keep it in our pants due to the Russian penchant for using sex as bait to compromise our security. Same same for the long career with defense contractors.
Once they have your dick in a vice, the rest is easy.
The KGB actually tried that on me in 75′ when I was an AMEX tour of the USSR, with HQ approval. Nice babe, friendly and “accommodating”. I reported the contact to MPI immediately upon returning to Mainz. They told me to play along and were setting me up to meet her in a border country when my time to PCS came. I was not her only target because she “mailed” me a letter postmarked Bitburg AB to set up the meeting.
Club Manager: I was never approached re sensitive information because, well, I never knew anything of value to another country. I’m not sure I knew much of value to our country. (Self deprecation … an almost lost art.)
But I was twice offered a bribe. The wording was roundabout, but there was no doubt of intent. The wording was such as to leave the person making the offer an ‘out’. One offer was lifetime use of a lakeside, fully stocked cabin, use of a boat, rental vehicle to get there, etc. The other offer involved, well, money.
IF this guy illegally benefited from his relationship with a vendor/contractor, I’m thinking some years in the slammer would be appropriate.
A far simpler time…don’t you miss the Cold War…
Oh yes, the proverbial “Honey Trap”.
“We’ve seen far too often the effects of the revolving door between the military and contractors to assume this is just a coincidence, and I’ve got some serious questions for the Pentagon to get to the bottom of these allegations and help ensure our military’s senior leaders continue to be held to the highest standards of integrity,” [Missouri Dem Sebator] McCaskill said in a statement. Yeah, she’s tough. She’s got some serious questions. Very serious questions. Here’s an idea. Lead the way. No more lobbyist contacts. No more revolving door among lobbyists and critters. Or introduce a freakin’ bill requiring every single contact between a member of the military and a contractor to be reported. If such a reg or law already exists, increase the penalty. Whatever. I hate corrupt bastards and mealy-mouth politicians. Actually, I should not have said ‘hate.’ It’s no way near strong enough. Detest. Abhor. Loathe. All good.
McCaskill is commenting on someone else’s integrity?
What about the “K” Street lobby in DC? I’m sure it’s a “Who’s who” of former reps and senators that are looking for “greener pastures” while rubbing elbows with there “buddies” in the House and Senate.
I think has more to do with the violation of trust in the conflict of interest of having such a cozy relationship with a company doing business with the DoD than it does the extramarital affair.
Extramarital affairs usually do not result in this kind of action unless it was with a subordinate.
I suspect there are actions on his part involving the relationship with an executive at the firm that are borderline corrupt which aggravated the circumstances.
Oath breakers tend to be repeat offenders. It is a safe bet to assume that the one broken implies more.
Can’t go wrong stating the obvious, Lars.
Nothing to see here move along! Hey look Trump kicked a transgender dog.
These guys are supposed to be the best and brightest, but they go completely brain dead when a piece of strange comes along.
Robin Williams was certainly right.
I sure hope that piece of ass was worth it.
Considering he’ll probably have to retire as a Colonel, maybe even a LTC, that hit will be hard enough, but then his soon-to-be-ex is gonna get half of that….
Yeah, I’ll take, “Not fucking worth it!” for $1000, Alex.
SEA: Another might be: “Alex, I’ll take ‘What are these two things hanging below my brain’ for $1000.”
Stupidity knows no pay grade boundaries, but there has been a glut of senior officers caught in the trim fly trap of late.
This guy? If it can be shown he was on the take, I’m hoping he finds his way into the warm embraces of Julio, Juan and Bubba. IF he is guilty and living rent-free … ? How did he think this would escape detection?
It’s tempting to grab them by the shoulders and shake them while demanding an explanation for the stupidity.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Let you dick think for you and you will eventually fuck yourself.
Another case inpoint, to keep ones pen out of company ink…
I have posted numerous times on this site, yet I never see any responses to my comments, I know damned well, not everyone agrees with me, but not “anyone”? What is this a clique or something? Let’s see if I get a response to this one!
Are you really that needy?
Sad.
Desert at least had the guts to say what he needed to say. Silence can be deafening, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Look at it another way. Maybe everyone agrees with you? 🙂
We love ya, man. Keep commenting, you’re one of John’s ‘dickweeds, too!
Maybe because you consistently post things that make the average right-winger look bad. Personally, I think you’re either doing it as some sort of performance art, or you are a mole who’s trying to get evidence that the opposition is racist, bigoted, etc. I’ve actually responded to you many times. I think you just tipped your hand as to what you’re doing by fishing for responses.
^ exactly ^
What on earth are you bitching about, Big Boy? I’ve responded to you occasionally, y’know. And not ALL of my comments are answered.
You want a cookie or something, sport?
Once again, Ol’ Poe’s gonna take the distaff view here. The above comments indicate that most of you view the interaction between military personnel and vendors/contractors as inherently evil and probably criminal. I have a question: Just how do you suppose a lot of military personnel get information regarding new developments in any number of fields? My own specialty was pharmaceuticals and I’m here to assure you that military doctors and pharmacists have no way of keeping up with all the fast-moving developments in that field. Contrary to belief, physicians do not pore over medical journals in their spare time. I used to show journal articles regarding new medical developments to military doctors as a matter of routine and I very rarely had a doctor respond that they had previously read it. The same was true of military pharmacists although they tended to be more up to date than physicians on new drug developments but not on medical procedures. I also kept my doctors informed on “pearls” the use of a drug (not always mine) by their colleagues for a purpose that might not be listed in the drug’s approved literature but was still close enough to its designed mission as to be legal and therefore useful. Because I called on military facilities from coast to coast, I served as a conduit for all sorts of information regarding military medicine. Doctors rarely will begin to use a new drug just because they see it advertised on television or read an ad in a journal; like the rest of us, they tend to use what they know. So if you want your military doctors to be knowledgeable of current developments in drugs and treatments, you’d better hope they are seeing some vendors. Military hospitals don’t tend to be friendly to medical vendors so it requires persistence to complete your mission. Military hospitals also tend to be resistant to change and frequently require significant pressures to do so. I can assure you that I got new drugs approved in hospitals years ahead of when they might normally have been, usually by setting… Read more »
On the other hand, some of the things that swim in the sea are in fact, sharks.
Talking shop to stay informed? Pay for your own burger. If you accept no gifts, it is kinda hard to get bribed. Or get accused of it by the other guy who did -not- get to pick up your lunch check.
11B, how do you suppose professional conferences are paid for? Almost entirely by vendors through outright grants and with fees of thousands of dollars to exhibit their wares. Speakers’ fees? Likely sponsored by vendors. Awards banquets? They’re probably underwritten by one or more vendors. Sight-seeing side trips for spouses? Costs picked up by a vendor.
And you’re concerned about a lunch? Even military authorities aren’t as unbending as you are. To them, an inexpensive lunch was still OK when I last consulted for a company ten years ago. I don’t disagree that there are sharks but do you hamstring the entire process because of them?
I think some of the problem comes from the fact that the military uses the term procurement to describe the buying process of which sales and marketing is a natural part in the civilian sector. Why do you suppose there are upscale restaurant chains, normally found only in big cities, in the small Arkansas city of Bentonville or nearby? Couldn’t possibly be the presence of Walmart headquarters could it?
I have spent a fair amount of time recommending purchases in my current civilian career. I also try very hard to base those on facts, not on which vendor has the coolest freebies.
Watched a colleage get burned for taking freebies.Started with cheap crap. Became several grand of “prizes”. His name is now “mud”.
Went to a “conference”, and surprise, surprise, won the biggest door prize from the vendor trying to sell me a bunch of stuff.
Gave it away. Not for sale.
The key thing to beware: those who would compromise you start small. The average free meal may not have a hook. However, have you ever heard of a hook without bait?
How does one avoid being bought? What is sufficiently clean? Watching people for decades, and the damndest trivial little shit leading to major-league ass-hattery.
Each must walk their own path. Mine seems like solid ground for me. My word is trusted by colleages I respect.. I value that.
Word.
The government pays more than enough for senior personnel to buy their own damn lunches. Not saying accepting freebies is ok for junior folks–my observation is that few contractors want to spend quality time with junior personnel, whether to altruistically teach them about developments within the industry (eye roll) or to get insights on upcoming procurements.
Keeping track of the “NTE $25/per event and NTE $50 in a year from one source” is too much work. Much simpler to buy your own lunch, if in fact, there is something useful you can learn over lunch with a would-be or current vendor.
Being a bonafide US Army Ski Instructor, I was constantly approached by members of the fairer sex as anyone that can take a bunch of grunts and teach them how to ski is obviously a genius and filled with state secrets !!!
Of course I caught the PTSD when it came time teach Marines how to ski…
Imagine that if you will, Marines on skis…
AAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHH !!!!!!!!
Please Thunderstixx, a spew alert!
Now I have to clean the coffee off the keyboard…….
worked with this guy, got into scrapes with him, we disagreed so used his star on me.. I guess its Karma. I know the Army National Guard and New York will just let him quietly retire.. nothing will happen, no accountability