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SecDef: Pentagon to appoint officer to promote ethical behavior

2014-02-09

Stung by a string of embarrassing revelations about misconduct in the ranks, the Pentagon will soon appoint a senior officer to promote and enforce a culture of ethical behavior and good moral character, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday.

The move marked Hagel's latest attempt to get ahead of a growing list of scandals, including allegations of widespread cheating by military personnel in proficiency tests and recently disclosed reports about misbehaving senior officers.

Hagel said he and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would soon announce specific actions that each of the services is taking "to deal with this problem."

The secretary said the department does not have a clear idea of the scope of its ethics problem, saying it could partly be the product of spending a decade focused on two lengthy ground wars.

Posted by:Pappy

#4 ..perplexing for (2) reasons:

1. They're doing it; and
2. We need it.

Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-02-09 22:04

#3 If fishes rot from their heads down, why not countries?

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-02-09 22:03

#2 Golly gee, you mean that annual requirement to read the Standards of Conduct was for naught? CYAWP /sarc off

Maybe, just maybe, if you actually enforced it to begin with, you wouldn't have to deal with the consequences now. Maybe, just maybe, if 'rank has privileges' wasn't tolerated you wouldn't have to deal with this now. Maybe, just maybe, that the unit's honor was tied to actually purging itself of those who tread upon its good name rather than covering something up in its name, you wouldn't have to deal with this now.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-02-09 07:46

#1 You don't establish 'Ethical Conduct' through political appointment or by pulling it out of private Joe Snuffies rucksack and pushing it up the chain of command to the Pentagon and White House. Ethical conduct must start at the very top, with the established chain of command, and flow downhill. Not surprisingly, appointing political commissars, czars, or political snoops is this administration's answer to nearly everything.

Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-09 02:49

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