Is the West Point superintendent, Gen. Huntoon, guilty of an honor violation?

[Luigi59]

Rather troubling. The Pentagon IG says "yes" while the Army is holding out with a "no."

WEST POINT, N.Y. — The Pentagon’s inspector general said Monday an investigation found the U.S. Military Academy’s superintendent engaged in unspecified misconduct, while the Army said the probe cleared him of having an improper relationship.

Bridget Serchak, a spokeswoman for the Department of Defense’s inspector general, said reports of investigations that substantiate senior official misconduct are made available through the Freedom of Information Act.

http://www.militarytimes.com/articl...Army-No-improper-relationship-West-Point-head

In addition, documents obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act show that the Pentagon’s inspector general upheld misconduct allegations against two Army lieutenant generals last year: David H. Huntoon Jr., the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; and Joseph F. Fil Jr., a former commander in South Korea and Iraq. Neither episode had previously been disclosed by the Pentagon.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...0766b8-9e16-11e2-94d6-bf62983d455b_story.html

The Washington Post found out through a FOIA request that the Defense Department inspector general did find some wrongdoing. So it appears to me that General Huntoon misled me when he told me in January that "there's no investigation here."

Which leads to the question: Are cadets held to a higher standard of conduct than superintendents?

http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/post...ndent_gen_huntoon_guilty_of_a_honor_violation

 

[MemberLG]

Yes and No.

I think we can assume he did something that most people might consider not honorable

The Honor Code is applies cadets, not support staff assigned to West Point.

We could branch this off to several interesting discussions (i.e should Army officer have an honor code? If yes, what should happen when they violate such code. Should behavior of West Point grads be different from ROTC/OCS officers because of the West Point Honor Code?)

 

[Packer]

Yes and No.

I think we can assume he did something that most people might consider not honorable

The Honor Code is applies cadets, not support staff assigned to West Point.

We could branch this off to several interesting discussions (i.e should Army officer have an honor code? If yes, what should happen when they violate such code. Should behavior of West Point grads be different from ROTC/OCS officers because of the West Point Honor Code?)

Nothing like leading by example.