Task & Purpose

sexual harassment

News

Investigation: CNO Was Too Slow Firing ‘Bad Santa’ But Did Not Commit Misconduct

Jeff Schogol
The Long March

Thinking About How To Draw A Line To Avoid Unwanted Sexual Advances
News

The Corps Just Fired The General Who Called Harassment Charges ‘Fake News’

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Kurt W. Stein, Director of Marine and Family Programs, has been put on leave after commenting to a Marine audience about sexual harassment allegations against a Marine officer.

General Suspended After Calling Harassment Claims ‘Fake News’

Hope Hodge Seck, Military.com

military sexual assault

The Military Is Next: America’s Tide Is Turning Against Sexual Assault And Harassment

Nichole Bowen-Crawford

franken

Al Franken Is Now Accused Of Groping A Soldier On Another USO Tour

Adam Weinstein

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit on camp Thursday in front of more than 2,000 servicemembers during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army’s 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour.

Woman Accuses Al Franken Of Molesting Her On 2006 USO Holiday Tour

Adam Weinstein

U.S. Army Spc. Rebecca Buck, a medic from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides perimeter security outside an Iraqi police station in the Tarmiya Province of Iraq, March 30, 2008.

IAVA Survey Shows Troubling Gaps Between Male And Female Veterans

Adam Weinstein

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers remarks at the chairman change of responsibility ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Arlington, Va., Sept. 25, 2015.

Report: Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Dempsey Protected Military Harasser

Jared Keller

Then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter receives a warm welcome from then-Brig. Gen. Ron Lewis as he arrives at Jalalabad Air Base in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on May 13, 2013. Lewis and other senior leaders will brief Carter on the operational and strategic-level reviews of the security transition and retrograde. Lewis was the Regional Command East deputy commanding general for support at the time.

SecDef’s Former Aide Fired For Spending $2900 At Strip Clubs Using His DoD Credit Card

The general spent thousands of dollars at a club that was off-limits to U.S. military personnel.

W.J. Hennigan, Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau

A second lieutenant shows his wife the ins and outs of an MRE at the battalion's Jane Wayne Day, Oct. 10, 2012.

How Leaders Can Sometimes Treat Men And Women Differently

Leaders rightly fear the harm that gossip and ‘perceived’ misbehavior can wreak even if nobody did anything wrong.

Conrad Brown

Col. Earl B. Higgins Jr., then-incoming commander for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, speaks during the change of command ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, July 22, 2015.

Hood Brigade Commander Fired After Sexual Harassment Complaints

Col. Earl B. Higgins, Jr. was fired after a multi-week investigation into the command climate.

David Burge, El Paso Times

Light armored vehicle crewmen with Task Force 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8 fill their LAV with bottled water supplied by motor transportation Marines during a logpack on July 11, 2009, in Iraqs Ninewa province.

Why I Never Deployed To Iraq

"The thing is, I almost went to Iraq, but a case of sexual harassment prevented me from going."

Andrea N. Goldstein