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"Sweetheart"
Topic Started: Dec 31 2017, 07:11 AM (120 Views)
George K
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https://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-general-s-promotion-pulled-after-calling-congressional-staffer-sweetheart-1.504654
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Maj. Gen. Ryan Gonsalves’ nomination for a third star has been pulled in the wake of an Army Inspector General’s probe that found he disrespected a female congressional staffer when he called her “sweetheart.”

A report of the investigation into the incident was provided Friday to Stars and Stripes and determined the “preponderance of the evidence” indicated Gonsalves referred to the staffer as "sweetheart" during an October 2016 meeting.

As a result, Gonsalves violated Army Command Policy, which requires treating others with “dignity and respect,” the investigation concluded. The IG recommend the report be referred to the Judge Advocate General for “appropriate action.”

So far, the Army declined to detail what the future holds for Gonsalves, who led the 4th Infantry Division until August but is now serving as a special assistant to the commanding general, III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas.

In July, Gonsalves was nominated for a third star, but his nomination was formally withdrawn Nov. 27.

An anonymous complaint against Gonsalves was made to the IG on July 20, days after Gonsalves’ nomination and one week after Stars and Stripes reported he was in contention to serve as the next commander of U.S. Army Europe.

According to the IG report, Gonsalves' pending nomination for a third star prompted an angry reaction from a staffer of Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.

The Army IG report redacted the names of the female congressional staffer and about 10 other people who were present during the October 2016 meeting at Fort Carson, Colorado. The report included testimony from members of Gonsalves’ staff who took part in the session.

The complaint cited accusations that Gonsalves took issue with the female congressional staffer’s youth, and that the general said she should take detailed notes on why the military needed funding “since she was a Democrat and did not believe in funding the military,” the IG report stated.

Multiple members of the congressional delegation described Gonsalves’ remarks during the meeting as “sarcastic and unprofessional,” the report states. Another male staffer described the remarks as “sexist, inappropriate and unprofessional,” according to the report.

At one point during the meeting, the female staffer passed a note to a colleague that read: “Did this guy really just call me sweetheart?,” the report states.

Accounts of the meeting differed, however. Some people in attendance defended Gonsalves, saying he acted professionally, though their names and positions were redacted from the report.

The IG report cites another allegation that Gonsalves asked the staffer her age. When she responded, Gonsalves spoke about his time as a young Army officer serving along the Fulda Gap during the Cold War. Gonsalves is then accused of telling the staffer to take notes so her “Democratic boss” would understand the military’s needs, according to the report.
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Ferchrissakes.
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Jolly
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Peacetime silliness.

Sadly, the next war may not allow for us to get rid of the feather-merchants and the good conduct medal collectors, before we place fighting generals in the right positions.
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The complaint cited accusations that Gonsalves took issue with the female congressional staffer’s youth, and that the general said she should take detailed notes on why the military needed funding “since she was a Democrat and did not believe in funding the military,” the IG report stated.


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The IG report cites another allegation that Gonsalves asked the staffer her age. When she responded, Gonsalves spoke about his time as a young Army officer serving along the Fulda Gap during the Cold War. Gonsalves is then accused of telling the staffer to take notes so her “Democratic boss” would understand the military’s needs, according to the report.


Professional military people need to check their politics at the door.
Let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness.
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Larry
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Democrats need to check their politics period.
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Jolly
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John Galt
Dec 31 2017, 07:41 AM
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The complaint cited accusations that Gonsalves took issue with the female congressional staffer’s youth, and that the general said she should take detailed notes on why the military needed funding “since she was a Democrat and did not believe in funding the military,” the IG report stated.


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The IG report cites another allegation that Gonsalves asked the staffer her age. When she responded, Gonsalves spoke about his time as a young Army officer serving along the Fulda Gap during the Cold War. Gonsalves is then accused of telling the staffer to take notes so her “Democratic boss” would understand the military’s needs, according to the report.


Professional military people need to check their politics at the door.
I somewhat agree, but I'll take competence over PC or politics. You screw up by saying the wrong thing and somebody gets offended. You screw up on the battlefield and thousands die.

As Lincoln said about his favorite drunk general...Send him a bottle of whatever he likes to drink...
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George K
Dec 31 2017, 07:11 AM
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he called her “sweetheart.”


At the DQ last week the clerk called me "darlin'" and "sweetie".

Should I be looking for some compensation?

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George K
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Copper
Dec 31 2017, 11:40 AM
At the DQ last week the clerk called me "darlin'" and "sweetie".

Should I be looking for some compensation?

What did he look like?
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Copper
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I knew I was asking for it, I just knew it.

The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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George K
Dec 31 2017, 11:42 AM
Copper
Dec 31 2017, 11:40 AM
At the DQ last week the clerk called me "darlin'" and "sweetie".

Should I be looking for some compensation?

What did he look like?
More importantly. What attention getting clothing were you wearing?
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
George K
Dec 31 2017, 11:42 AM
Copper
Dec 31 2017, 11:40 AM
At the DQ last week the clerk called me "darlin'" and "sweetie".

Should I be looking for some compensation?

What did he look like?
BAHAHAHAHAHA
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Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
kluurs
Dec 31 2017, 11:48 AM
George K
Dec 31 2017, 11:42 AM
Copper
Dec 31 2017, 11:40 AM
At the DQ last week the clerk called me "darlin'" and "sweetie".

Should I be looking for some compensation?

What did he look like?
More importantly. What attention getting clothing were you wearing?
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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