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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNavy Secretary Pulls Sexual Harassment Investigative Authority from Unit Commanders
Unit commanders in the Navy and Marine Corps will no longer have investigative authority over sexual harassment allegations, according to a department-wide message sent Friday by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro.
Effective immediately, the message says, commanding officers must escalate complaints to the next higher-level commander, who will then appoint an investigating officer. That investigator should be from outside the command and "shall not be familiar with the subject or the complainant," the message says.
The interim policy includes a carve-out to allow an investigator from within the same command to investigate, however, if that next-level commander determines an outside investigation would "unreasonably interfere with the command's ability to complete its mission." Such a carve-out requires sign-off from at least a one-star admiral or general, the message says.
The change comes on the two-year anniversary of the murder of 20-year-old Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who complained about sexual harassment at Ft. Hood, Texas, before her killing.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/04/25/navy-secretary-pulls-sexual-harassment-investigative-authority-unit-commanders.html
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)Never mind. I know the answer.
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(13,137 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)too much buddy-buddy at the lower level
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(20,733 posts)Finally.
maxrandb
(15,359 posts)In my near 30 years, I went from no women on combatant ships, to my last tour as the EA for a 3-Star female commander of a TYCOM.
I am going into my 10TH year of retirement, and opening up Sea Combatant duty to women was about the beast thing we ever did.
It made us a better, more capable and more lethal Navy and a better military overall.
It's impossible to maintain an old boys club when women are commanding Aircraft Carriers and Destroyers and sitting at the head of the table.