“The charges are being worked through the legal process outlined in the UCMJ, and Col. Jones is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law,” Col. Stephen Jost, commander of the 20th, said in the release.<\/p>\n
Jost relieved Jones of command Feb. 17. At the time, the wing said it was due to a loss of confidence, but did not offer any further explanation as to why Jones was relieved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m sure that Colonel Jones won’t be the only one punished – every Airman will be subjected to hours of training slides explaining why they shouldn’t have dirty pictures of children. Field grade and Flag officers will be exempt from the lectures.<\/p>\n
Bobo and I discussed the picture yesterday and it seems that Jones missed participation in the GWOT. Maybe if he’d had a deployment or two, he would have been too busy to be a criminal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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