Allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers in the California National Guard are more widespread than the complaints made at a Fresno air base that led to a dramatic leadership shakeup of the organization earlier this month, The Times has found.
of the air Guard’s top commander and two high-ranking officers at the Fresno base. The department also directed the air Guard’s new commander to put together “climate assessments” of the wing leadership.
“I’m certainly troubled by the acts that I’ve read about,” Umberg said. “As a career military officer, it’s antithetical to the culture of the military, which demands respect for all military members.”Someone urinated in a female sergeant’s boots. Now the California Air National Guard faces coverup allegations »complete numbers on alleged reprisals in California, so it’s difficult to quantify the scope of the problem, including whether it has been growing.
Haramalis, who said he once interviewed with then Gov. Jerry Brown to lead the Military Department, had his own experience with making a reprisal complaint. Michael Wise says that’s what happened in his case. Wise, a state deputy attorney general, retired from the Guard’s Special Forces last year as a colonel and decorated combat veteran. He said he faced retaliation for supporting a major in his command who reported that soldiers were short-changed because of persistent problems in the Guard’s payroll system.
Trent said he is still pursuing his case. He said the decision to challenge his superiors ended his chances of promotion to lieutenant colonel, even though he’s the most-senior major in the Guard’s Special Forces. The last time he applied, Trent said, a lesser qualified candidate got the position.
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