From today's WSJ
from today's WSJ:
WASHINGTON—More than 1,200 people, including a major general and 29 colonels, may have been involved in a nationwide scheme to defraud a U.S. military recruitment program of at least $29 million before it was shut down in 2012...
"The accusations of fraud, mismanagement and other potentially criminal activities surrounding this program are as disturbing to us as I know they are to you," Lt. Gen. William Grisoli, director of the Army Staff, told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
The accusations come as the Army and the Defense Department are grappling with a series of scandals, including allegations of contracting fraud, cheating and sexual misconduct...
In some cases, high-school guidance counselors and principals took credit for recruiting students they knew were joining the military, according to investigators.
Philip Crane, president of Docupak, a Virginia-based marketing firm involved in administering the bonus program, said at the hearing that 28 people of roughly 300,000 involved in the program had been convicted of wrongdoing. Army officials said no one has gone to prison or lost benefits as a result of the continuing investigation.
Ms. McCaskill said that at least one major general, 29 colonels and dozens of other officers may have been involved in the alleged fraud...
On Tuesday, lawmakers pressed military leaders to explain why it took so long to shut down an Army National Guard recruiting program that first became the focus of Army investigators in 2007.
Gen. Grisoli conceded there had been a "fundamental breakdown" in how the program was established and carried out for years.
The Army concluded that the recruiting program never had proper legal approval and the National Guard failed to carry out proper oversight
Unbelievable.
Whoring around Moscow.
Using counterfeit chips at a casino which you frequent.
Cheating on proficiency exams.
Is anyone ever punished for anything other that smoking weed? You sure as hell can't be fired for being stupid.
Will advise DS not to five and dive.
The only place with better job security is the NYC public school system.
while we would both like to think they are above it all, my confidence in human nature tells me we have just not read about it yet.