Posted on 10/11/2013 6:29:49 PM PDT by mandaladon
The Air Force on Friday fired the general in charge of all land-based nuclear missiles, the second time in a week that a senior commander of the country’s nuclear arsenal has been let go for allegations of personal misconduct.
Maj. Gen. Michael Carey, commander of the 20th Air Force, was removed from his job “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership and judgment,” said Brig. Gen. Les Kodlick, an Air Force spokesman. Air Force officials said Carey has been under investigation since this summer for allegations of “personal misbehavior” but would not specify what prompted his firing.
Pressed by reporters at a Pentagon news conference, Kodlick said the case did not involve drugs, sexual misconduct, gambling or any form of criminal activity, but he declined to comment when asked if alcohol played a role. He said he could not give further details because the investigation was still underway.
“We wanted to make it very clear it wasn’t operations-related,” Kodlick said.
Carey’s firing comes two days after the Navy announced it had fired a three-star admiral from his post as deputy commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees all nuclear-armed missiles, bombers and submarines.
In that case, Vice Adm. Tim Giardina remains under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service after a casino in Iowa allegedly caught him using $1,500 in counterfeit gambling chips. The casino is near the Strategic Command headquarters in Omaha.
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Or someone wants their own person in command of the nuclear trigger
Scary thought.
Maybe he wouldn’t swear allegiance to gay marriage.
Need more info...
Coincidences don’t happen in politics unless it’s intentional as in frame up.
As I said, Need more information, and proof of allegations current, and future as it is happening during a Democrat Administration which means lies, lies, lies to get the military deck stacked the way they want.
Well, after Obama puts some Rainbow Officers in charge, there will be no more land-based nuclear arsenal.
This was one of his goals.
Savage is covering...
Coup Proofing
$1500 of counterfeit chips is an odd charge.
To be counterfeit, they’d have to be good enough to fool the house. To be good enough to fool the house, they’d sure as heck be good enough to fool a customer.
Who gave who the counterfeit chips?
see #10
My imagination or has obama been replacing flag officers at a very high rate?
The purge goes on. Every Democrat since FDR has purged the Officer Corps and reduced the military overall. The kenyan has gone much farther than previous dems. He has also loaded the military with women in inappropriate roles and with homosexuals who have no appropriate roles. The military is trying to compensate for its degraded manpower with drones. The kenyan likes that, too, because he has other uses for those drones.
“Coup Proofing”
Yes, it does seem as if a lot of Generals are being relieved of their jobs lately. Too many.
What, he wouldn’t click his heels and take the Obama-Fuehrer Oath?
$1500 of counterfeit chips is an odd charge.
To be counterfeit, they’d have to be good enough to fool the house. To be good enough to fool the house, they’d sure as heck be good enough to fool a customer.
Who gave who the counterfeit chips?
So you could have a CIA member act all buddy buddy to him in a casino claiming to be under his command once and giving him some chips which he is later busted with???
Brings back memories of the movie “Seven Days in May”.....
Hmmmm.
Or from the casino itself. It’s not like organized crime ever participated in something evil.
Or from the casino itself. It’s not like organized crime ever participated in something evil.
Good Point, they could claim legitimate ones were fake and then while “inspecting them” in the backroom switch them out with fake ones...
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