Brickbat: Tipping the Scale

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth fired Gen. Charles Hamilton for improperly intervening in the process to select battalion commanders to help a subordinate officer who was found unfit for command. This is the first time since 2005 that a four-star Army general has been fired. Hamilton lobbied officers on the board to pass the subordinate, a lieutenant colonel whom he had a friendly relationship with. When that panel rejected her by a 5–0 vote, he got her a second panel two days later—something that Military.com reported has never happened before unless there was an administrative failure. She failed the second panel but was placed on the list for command anyway. Wormuth removed her after Hamilton's actions were first reported.

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[AT]

whom he had a friendly relationship with

LET'S GO TO THE SOURCE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

"who was found unfit for command and had an inappropriate relationship with the general"

Oh. Huh. That's... kinda different than what you said, Chaz.

The lieutenant colonel scored in the bottom 1% out of about 800 candidates for command

Oof.

failing the initial BCAP panel in a 0-5 vote after being found to be an "ineffective" leader.

Eek.

She also failed her second attempt but was placed on a list for command anyway, alongside other candidates who passed the program.

Yikes.

Hamilton also seemingly made efforts to inflate the lieutenant colonel's record, including awarding her the Legion of Merit when she was a major, listing the same achievement as one cited for another, lower award -- in violation of Army regulations.

Oh come on.

Y'know, even the part they caption "Friendly Relationship" can't pretend to hide that it was... well, something a little more than that.

(Also, Hamilton is married. To a Lieutenant Colonel. Not sure if that warrants more investigation... maybe... I mean, adultery or nepotism... inquiring minds!)

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You're brickbatting this? Seriously?

Girlboss sleeps her way to the top?

DEI hires, amirite?

[Adans smith]

No, not DEi, is was a P U S S Y hire.

[mad.casual]

I don't mean to make you sound sexist or racist or anything ( 🙂 ), but it's possible the "DEI hires, amirite?" is referring to the former general.

[AT]

Ding ding ding.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

"Despite all the circumstantial evidence, we were unable to determine conclusively that Gen. Hamilton and [the lieutenant colonel] were involved in a sexual relationship."

-IG Report

"Friendly Relationship"

- also used by Military com in the source material.

[AT]

Make sure you read the whole post before you fire off that kneejerk reflex reply.

Also, I just realized that SAGN is probably a Chaz sock.

[mad.casual]

Girlboss sleeps her way to the top?

IDK about Girlboss. Girlboss is like Little Big Man syndrome except the Little Big Man gives up to pursue other endeavors or finds a better way while the Girlboss just rages at the patriarchy holding her down and/or making things so hard.

This is just the more classic, whore. Straight up, "I could do all those things to earn a higher rank and/or better pay, or I could just have sex with a higher ranking individual." whore.

[Vernon Depner]

DEI attacks itself. Inevitable.

[Fist of Etiquette]

A secretary firing a boss? Now I've heard everything.

[Longtobefree]

Women do not belong in the US military.

[Vernon Depner]

Until they make prostitution an MOS.

[Will Nonya]

Clearly never served in the military.

[Paulsz]

Although the article does not mention it, the General and the Lieutenant Colonel are both black. Just saying.