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| Army Secretary Orders Nine Officers Punished For Failing To Flag Hasan | |
| 2011-03-11 | |
| Army Secretary John McHugh has ordered the nine to have non-judicial punishment for failing to report unusual behavior on the part of the protected religious minority officer. The nine were in Hasan's chain of command at Walter Reed hospital, so it is likely that several of them had minimal exposure to Hasan. And in an equally empty gesture, Secretary McHugh ordered the training and evaluation of all other Army medical doctors to be examined, in case there are any other doctors with profiles identical to Hasan. Several US senators have likewise deplored the inability of either the DoD or the FBI to see into the future or accurately psychoanalyze potential threat individuals based on their unobserved off duty behavior.
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| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #18 Hasan's professional conduct was appalling, Islamonutjobbery notwithstanding. Officers come up for promotion every so often. Bad reviews mean you don't get promoted. Passed over twice--when I was in,maybe different now--and you're out. Should have happened, Islamicnutjobbery notwithstanding. Except islamonutjobbery was his cover. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2011-03-11 17:56 |
| #17 Life frequently presents lose-maybe lose lots bigger alternatives. It's not fair, but that's life. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-03-11 15:59 |
| #16 Obviously this is code for non-Christian or Jewish. And Buddhist, and Wiccan, and Shinto, and (probably) Senteria/Voodoo. It's a code for Islam, and nothing else. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-03-11 15:09 |
| #15 if someone had the balls and professional conduct Sometimes that means a professional discharging his duty will lose his own job, but that's the way it is, life is not fair. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 14:18 |
| #14 In medicine and medical training there is no room for ineptness , no matter what . Professional misconduct and ineptness should have been dealt with correctly and nipped in the bud during his post graduate core training . He was flawed from day one , and should have been dismissed/struck off medical records , probably in his first post grad year , if not in his formative years at med school , if someone had the balls and professional conduct These people have blood on their hands and I hope they pay the price |
| Posted by: Oscar 2011-03-11 13:16 |
| #13 It seems that in this insane world of PC, officers are in a lose-lose situation. Only if you cop out, there are PFCs that can work the reg system like champs, IMO, so Officers who have so much more power at their disposal have even less leeway on being lame, IMO. If I worked with Hasan, I would have gone to the JAG office, and asked a CPT or Colonel over there to aid me in drafting a letter with the pertinent concerns and information backed up with all the regs Hasan was in violation of, and characterization of his misconducts on general principle. I would have spent hours looking through regs to pull out as many as I could I knew he violated, so I could take them to the JAG and save them some time when I handed them a stack of regs. We could discuss the relevancy of different regs and pick out the applicable ones. They could comb through what I did and spiff up the research. Next, I would send the letter up the chain. Meanwhile, I'd keep my dress greens extra pressed and at the ready so I could show up for the Court Martial to testify against Hasan. And I would push for the paperwork to go through the chain. Some things are worth putting self interest on the back burner, because in the long run, it is worth it. |
| Posted by: Fire and Ice 2011-03-11 10:56 |
| #12 #8 It seems that in this insane world of PC, officers are in a lose-lose situation. Yes. I've wondered many times what I would've done if I'd been in that situation. First, I would've asked to meet with "cool" battalion/brigade commanders or their XOs. Meaning, those who I knew from private conversations thought all that PC stuff was a bunch of counterproductive BS (and there are always at least a few). I would've expressed my concerns verbally and in writing, told them to take it up the chain, and reminded them that the fallout if anyone got killed due to inaction would be much worse than offending some prissy EEO desk jockeys beforehand. And then I would've regarded my duties as discharged, ensured that I never had to interact with the nutjob of concern, and washed my hands of it. Would that have been enough? I don't know. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2011-03-11 10:32 |
| #11 No, that's liberal sarcasm. |
| Posted by: Slick Hapsburg5380 2011-03-11 10:01 |
| #10 from the article, "...Hasan's move toward violent Islamist extremism "was on full display to his superiors and colleagues during his military medical training,” according to the report’s findings. One instructor referred to Hasan as "a ticking time bomb." "Not only was no action taken to discipline or discharge him, but also his Officer Evaluation Reports sanitized his obsession with violent Islamist extremism into praiseworthy research on counterterrorism "" Left unsaid is WHY those reports were written the way they were. An honest investigation would have stated that the people doing the officer fitness were afraid of being called 'anti-diversity' or 'islamophobic'. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-03-11 09:47 |
| #9 CrazyFool, no that is not an official category. It is an editorial comment / rewrite by Anonymoose. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-03-11 08:31 |
| #8 Just after the Ft. Hood shooting, Gen. Casey said he hoped this wouldn't hurt diversity, "Which is our strength". IOW, if you see a Muslim with appalling performance and demonstrated nutcasery, he doesn't want to hear about it. Message received. There were various reports that some of the raters and reviewers or others associated with the bastard had said they didn't want to report accurately because they'd be accused of Islamophobia. Seen any other religious group getting the consideration Muslims get? They have successfully, and for the first time afaik, combined threats of violence and victimization. As to protected classes. The first two women to graduate Navy F14 school did so with failing grades. One blew and approach and was killed and the other was grounded for unsafe flying. There are protected groups. So far, with a few exceptions, it has been possible to review/rate gays. Now with the end of DADT, a downcheck is going to risk accusations of homophobia. |
| Posted by: Punky Joluck8537 2011-03-11 08:26 |
| #7 #5 Damned if they did and damned if they didn't. It seems that in this insane world of PC, officers are in a lose-lose situation. "Protected religious minority." There's such a thing? Obviously this is code for non-Christian or Jewish. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-11 08:16 |
| #6 on the part of the protected religious minority officer. Is that an actual classification? Protected Religious Minority? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-03-11 08:09 |
| #5 Exactly right, grom. Damned if they did and damned if they didn't. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2011-03-11 06:54 |
| #4 In other news: Commanders of TRADOC and AMC to be relieved. Secret... (until yesterday) DoJ study indicates faulty US Army Armored Personnel Carriers and poorly trained drivers are now to blame for 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff and 1993 Waco affair. BATF, FBI HRT sharpshooters and shore-based Maritime Hostage Negotiators finally exhonerated. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-11 04:55 |
| #3 P2k is spot on. McHuch's CYA actions are abhorent and disgusting. Had any rater or senior rater signed off on a referred OER, or requested a "Commander's Inguiry" or an AR 15-6 on this piece of garbage, they would have had it stuck right up their asses and they knew it. Behold the rich and bountiful harvest of Affirmative Action and Political Correctness. Allen be praised! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-11 04:41 |
| #2 Scapegoats for the institutionalized atmosphere of political correctness that pervades the service. "We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-03-11 03:13 |
| #1 Punished as severely as any of them would for "flagging Hasan"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-03-11 03:03 |