Maj. Gen. Joseph Harrington canned
Stars & Stripes reports that Major General Joseph Harrington, the commander of United States Army Africa/Southern European Task Force, was canned for an inappropriate relation with an enlisted subordinate’s spouse.
Army Col. Patrick Seiber, an Army spokesman, said Friday that Harrington is under investigation for sending inappropriate Facebook messages to the woman, who is married to a soldier on that same base in Vicenza, Italy. Harrington, who is also married, was suspended from his post on Sept. 1, but had stayed in Italy.
Under the latest move, Seiber said Harrington will remain in the Army but will be reassigned to the Pentagon. As is usually done in discipline cases, Harrington will work as a special assistant to the director of the Army Staff until the investigation is finished.
“First Sergeant, recall the company. We need to add a paragraph to the weekend safety briefing”.
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Again? How did all these douchebags get promoted?
Read the articles about how sorry West Point standards are and have been for years.
e.g. fist pumping black female cadets and the moron who signed the inside of his cover ‘communism will win’ and wore a Che tee beneath his uniform..
ALL are currently serving in the field as 2nd Lts
*Sigh*
The MG is a ROTC Graduate.
Happens in the NCO and Enlisted Chain of Command as well, i.e. adultery, fraterization.
Happens in the Civilian World as well. Been reading several storied about female teachers having sex with their male students.
All of this has been going on for years, Military or the Civilian Sector. Try 40, 50, 60, 70, etc etc years.
As previously stated, responsibilty and accountabilty lies with the individual. We are Masters of Our Own Destiny (drops microphone, jumps off soapbox..)😎
There is a vast difference between our military and the civilian world.
Obama thinks our military is just another job
WE are not now nor have we ever been just another job.
I’d say unbelievable but not so much. Seen a ton of it over the years in civilian Federal service.
I also saw lots of it while on AD. I wonder if he used his status to influence the lady or if it was mutual love at first sight? I have zero respect for these toads.
Same here, HMC. When the husbands left for the FTX, the cars were leaving the married housing with about the same precision as the infantry and armored battalions.
When the 82nd got on their planes for Afghanistan, the very same night hundreds of wives were in the clubs offpost to go hook up because their husbands would be gone for a year.
I don’t know if it is worse than that or not, but many willingly admitted it. A big reason why I didn’t frequent clubs in Fayette-nam while I was stationed there. Either she’s married or weighs more than you. If she’s smoking hot and NOT married, she’s so crazy you don’t even want her to know your name because then you’re in deep shit.
I’m guessing that he “lacked a holistic program that focuses on comprehensive health”…
Bullshit… he couldn’t keep the little head under control. Here’s hoping his wife dorks him in the squeakhole when she decides to divorce his stupid ass.
The wife will say, if I divorce I get 50%, if I stay I’ll get it all….
With proven infidelity, she’ll get it all anyway.
MGen Jody. I read that the recipient of this lotharios affections was not so willing after a while and dimed him out when his emails became increasingly sexual.
Lots of rot at the top and the common theme with these guys is that they all made rank during war time. Makes me wonder if they are being selected based on one dimensional criteria, i.e, a sucessful combat command whete thete may be less scrutiny of the little things than a garrison command.
Its not just “during war time” that they make rank. I think the prevalence of social media communication is making it easier for them to be outed. There is digital proof, so it doesn’t just become “he said, she said” anymore.
True, true. It was probably going on before too but we just were not aware of it.
Even Ike was rumored to have hooked up.
The barrel of stupid has no bottom.
Yeah, but was she Hott or Nott?
Without pictures of the temptation we cannot judge how stupid Jody was. We know he was a shitbag and a loser, and got demoted upwards for the deed, but without pictures we don’t have evidence to judge the level of stupidity.
I’m judging yours right now. And frankly, it ain’t looking good for you.
Well at least he kept his rocket in his pocket as far as we know.
If you believe that, here’s a bridge you might be interested n buying…
Will probably be put to pasture as a BG…basically a light slap on the wrist.
Last rank with honorable service and all that.
He has 30 years service and but just over 16 or 17 months Time In Grade on MG.
Yeah, he’ll exit as a BG.
Don’t tell me, let me guess. USMA grad?
Rider College ROTC. Field Artillery.
Thanks.
You’re Welcome.
Hope she was worth it. Way to dick step yourself General.
Some are
Once again the Bubba System goes into action to protect someone in a Good ole Boy club for doing something that has ended the careers of many lesser ranking serfs. Do weekend safety briefings now have to have “DO NOT play ‘The Pirate and the Slave Girl’ with your Subordinate’s Spouses.” in them every time they’re given?
The Robin Williams adage of not having enough blood to run both the big head and the little head at the same time…
Thank you Mr Williams for all you did for us GI’s and the enjoyment you gave to millions of Americans.
May you Rest in Peace.
So … AFRICOM and SETAF are a unified command, now?
Well, no one forced him to go where his schnozzle was pointing, did they?
schnozzle?
It that anything like a Schwanzstuka or a Schnitzengruber?/s
Zzzzzzzip! Oh it’s Twue…. it’s twue…. it’s twue!”:
Yep, Lili Von Shtupp – My kind of gal.
IT’S TWU…IT’S TWU!!!
When I was in the 2d Battalion, 12th Cavalry (Mechanized Infantry) at Fort Hood, Texas, we had a brand new Airborne Ranger lieutenant who was caught attempting to begin inappropriate relationships with the wives of men who were out in the field, and within forty-eight hours, he was out of the United States Army, discharged for the good of the service.
Years earlier, when I was attending the Southeastern Signal School at Fort Gordon, Georgia, a lieutenant propositioned a private in the barracks, and within forty-eight hours, he was out of the United States Army.
I am beginning to think that things have gotten so bad that it will become necessary to apply summary executions as examples.
That’s probably not necessary, and the SCOTUS would have a problem with it.
However, a few GOs/FOs getting court-martialed and dismissed for “conduct unbecoming” because they couldn’t keep their fly zipped (or their legs crossed, if female) would probably do the trick just as well.
never said it would be legal or SCOTUS approved. My concern is that things may have gotten -that- bad. ( I would be very happy to be wrong about it)
The folks that run the military system protect each other. That is the culture. Some men abuse their power to prey on others. That is human nature. Very little can deter the very powerful predator.
If they bust a few, will that change the culture, or just make it more feral and cunning? A few may not be enough.
The “make harsh example” via dismissal or worse will in any case likely require an outside group or system not dependant on the current batch for promotion or approval. -that- has its own peril, even if all they can do is Dismiss.
So what could be done to fix things? And just how “nuts” does the current political opposition go if the current President tries hard to start the improvements?
I done -want- things to go to “just shoot them” point. No, thanks. I also don’t want the military to reach critical mass of corruption. No thanks.
I am sure he was set up by the “FRG”.
That being said, what a fucking douchebag.
Kick him out.
lol, when I read these stories I always think of this scene.
Maybe it is something about the Africa command… what is this, the second or third in a row there?
“Some women can make boys into men, and some women can make grown men into little boys”.
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