Navy investigating War College president over ethics claims: report

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Source: The Hill

The U.S. Navy is reportedly investigating the president of the U.S. Naval War College over accusations of improper workplace conduct.

The Associated Press reported Friday that Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley is under investigation after being accused in multiple complaints to the Navy’s office of the inspector general of improper hiring practices and other misconduct including keeping a margarita machine in his office.

Sources told the news service that a complaint was first registered against Harley last year, accusing him of a "destructive and ethically challenged leadership style" that "is destroying the college."

In a second email to the inspector general sent in January, the employees who filed the first complaint wrote that Harley's use of alcohol on the job continued amid financial troubles for the school.

Emails obtained by the AP revealed that the school faced a budget shortfall of millions of dollars while spending more than $700,000 on raises annually.

Harley declined to comment, but reportedly addressed the allegations in an email to students and faculty this week. “That’s Navy business” Harley told the AP.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/447433-navy-investigating-war-college-president-over-ethics-claims-report

[stuffmatters]

1. How much of an alcoholic do you have to be to have a margarita machine in your office?

Just wow.

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2. I'd like a Pina Colda machine in my living room

[stuffmatters]

5. ...(chortle)...

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Back when I still drank

I would have loved to have a beer tree in my back yard. With a different type of beer growing on every branch, of course.

[stuffmatters]

4. Yes, that'd be keeping it classy, a beer tasting tree!

[mpcamb]

6. Off topic, but I hate the notion of a War College.

Two and a half centuries along, can't we set the standard a little high than that?