USA Today: Admiral hopes to squelch military scandals
USA Today reports:
Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair cut a plea deal with prosecutors in March over extramarital affairs he had with subordinates, one of whom accused him of sexual assault and threatening to kill her. Sinclair’s deal included a $20,000 fine, but he avoided a jail term.
And the bad news keeps coming: Tuesday, the Navy reprimanded the commander of its elite flying team, the Blue Angels, for creating “a hostile work environment through pervasive sexual harassment,” according to a Navy report.
Capt. Gregory McWherter was relieved of command for tolerating inappropriate behavior, including the “proliferation of explicit pornography and sexually suggestive images in the cockpits” of the Blue Angels’ F-18s, pervasive homophobic humor in the unit and the painting of a blue and gold penis on the roof of winter training facilities in El Centro, Calif.
