More Discredit

[jerryfmcompushaft]

This is not what we need, folks, not at all. Interesting that it is the same command that produced the four star who is being investigated for misuse of govt Funds, etc. Must be the water....

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HEIDELBERG, Germany — A 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team major has been charged with sexually assaulting a private first class under his command while on temporary duty.
Maj. Rodney H. Lipscomb is charged with six counts of sexual assault in violation of Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

He is also charged with sodomy, cruelty and maltreatment, failure to obey an order or regulation and conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
According to the charge sheet, Lipscomb, assigned to brigade headquarters in Vicenza, Italy, sexually touched the soldier repeatedly and made her engage in sexual acts by "placing her in fear of abuse of military position, rank and authority," "causing bodily harm to her," and "by force and without consent.

Full story here

[Swampy]

The same thing is happening with Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police, except there's a class-action suit going on by the female members against the institution. There seems to be a consistent theme going through here.

I wonder if the higher-ups at the FBI and the Canadian military are taking note.

[iyamwhatiyam]

Jerryfmcompushaft: I sincerely hope that if the charges are found to be valid, the Major is unceremoniously dumped from the military, and given a room for a while at Ft. Leavenworth; maybe somebody there will give him a good set-to; you know: 'prison justice'. There is no room for that sort of behavior in our military. It seems that I've heard of more and more incidents of this behavior since our military went all-volunteer; I don't know if there's a relationship or not. Could also be related to Clinton's DADT (don't as, don't tell) policy, insofar as permissiveness seems to have become the Order of The Day