Suspended Army 4-Star Asks for Command Back After Pressuring Panel to Prop Up Career of Unfit Subordinate
A top Army general suspended earlier this year following a Military.com investigation into his attempts to influence a subordinate officer’s promotion is asking Army Secretary Christine Wormuth to be placed back into command. Gen. Charles Hamilton, who as head of Army Materiel Command oversaw much of the service’s logistics operations, wrote a letter to Wormuth […]
Army 4-Star Who Pressured Panel to Help Career of Unfit Officer Suspended, Facing Pentagon Investigation
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth suspended one of the service’s top generals Friday after Military.com reporting revealed he may have inappropriately intervened in a service assessment panel’s work in an attempt to help the career of a subordinate officer who was deemed unfit for command. The case of Gen. Charles Hamilton, who oversees Army Materiel Command, […]
Army General Pressured Assessment Panel to Help Career of 'Ineffective' Officer
One of the Army’s top generals may have abused his authority and subverted the service’s process for selecting senior leadership in what some officials have described to Military.com as a conspiracy to prop up a subordinate officer who was deemed unfit for command. A Military.com investigation found that Gen. Charles Hamilton, who oversees Army Materiel […]
Maine Considers Giving Panel Subpoena Power to Access Mass Shooter’s Military Records
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine legislative committee considered an emergency request on Monday to grant powers to a panel investigating last year’s Lewiston mass shooting that the state’s governor said are critical to unraveling how the killings unfolded. An independent commission is investigating the October shootings that killed 18 people in a bowling alley and […]
