Malmstrom officer charged with sexual assault

[unhappycamper]

Malmstrom officer charged with sexual assault
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Sep 10, 2008 8:10:52 EDT

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — An officer stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base has been charged with sexually assaulting a female co-worker while the two were in a bunker controlling nuclear missiles.

Air Force Capt. Adam Pitman is charged in military court with two counts of aggravated sexual contact and one count of conduct unbecoming an officer, said Lt. Korry Leverett, a base spokesman. The charges stem from late 2007.

Leverett didn’t specify what Pitman is accused of doing.

The woman who made the allegations initially filed a confidential, restricted complaint with the base’s sexual assault response coordinator. In March, she changed the complaint to “unrestricted,” meaning she agreed to let the coordinator send the information to base authorities, who launched an investigation.

Dozens of nuclear missile launch facilities are scattered across central Montana and are operated by Malmstrom. Each has a bunker in which two missileers are stationed at all times, typically in 24-hour shifts.


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[Wetzelbill]

1. that is just wrong on so many levels