toxic leadership

"It was left open-ended to empower leaders at all levels to get after this."

“I was just shocked that they allowed all this unnecessary shit to cloud up this great mission."

An official investigation found she "violated the standards" in Army regulations.

“This is not just the G-4’s problem. This is the Army’s problem.”

“I was made to feel like I was a second-class citizen and a piece of shit for things outside my control.”

“There's 'fired' and then there's 'Air Force fired.'"

"[T]his woman constantly beat me down."

“I can't express to you the level of disappointment I have right now.”

'Poor anger management skills'

"We need leaders at all levels to step up."

“[Leaders] don’t give a shit. They flat-out saw she was suicidal and needed help … They left a Marine behind."

"[W]e only take care of our own when it benefits us, apparently … and it doesn’t sit right with me”

Lt. Col. Samuel K. Lee, 47, was convicted of larceny on Sept. 11 at Camp Foster, Japan.

"Honestly we need an entirely new wardroom from Captain down"

'We are especially concerned for what these allegations would mean for our ability to recruit and retain talented personnel in our National Guard.'

The Pentagon is essentially a Sears mail-in catalogue that is struggling to stay relevant in an Amazon Prime world.

"I lost sleep then and I lose sleep now knowing leaders can act this way."

Witnesses lost sleep, quit their jobs, were afraid to speak up, or physically shook from fear when they had to deal with Dunlop.

"It’s just never-ending nonsense and bulls— on that base. Nonstop retaliation and making women to be Jezebels if they speak up."

"One problem is we can call this or that number or call the chaplain, without realizing the person in that dark space doesn’t want help. We’ve got to give them a reason to call that number."

Kansas Guard officers concluded the force led by Tafanelli had difficulty "balancing legal, moral and ethical facets of decision making"

Working for Levy, "was harder than a deployment, because there was no job satisfaction," said one airman.

In the last two years alone, employees at the Atlanta VA Medical Center filed 288 complaints with the VA inspector general, 43 of them alleging whistleblower retaliation, others alleging abuse of authority and regulation violations.

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