Byrnes is a four star general.
What did he do to get sacked?
Hi Extreme Team!
*? 2 ALL:
THE ARMY NEVER SACKS GENERALS
FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT - SO WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE GEN. BYRNES DID?*
That's all you can do - imagine. If the Army won't give specific charges and you
want some closure in your own mind about this shocking situation, what can you
do but imagine?
So what do you imagine four star Genersl Kevin P. Byrnes did?
a.. Greg
b.. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST
c.. Run with the wild ones
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Investigated for alleged sexual misconduct

Tuesday, August 9, 2005; Posted: 10:33 p.m. EDT (02:33 GMT)


Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes had led the Army Training and Doctrine Command since
November 2002.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an extraordinary move, the Army sacked a four-star general
who was the subject of a Defense Department investigation into alleged sexual
misconduct, an official said Tuesday.
Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command, was
approaching retirement when the decision to relieve him of duty was made by the
Army chief of staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker.

The Army announced no specific allegation against Byrnes, but a senior official
said it involved unspecified sexual misconduct. The official spoke only on
condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the allegation.

Disciplinary action against officers is not rare, but it is extremely unusual in
the case of a four-star general. An Army spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Pamela Hart, said
records from the General Officer Management Office show no cases in recent
history in which a four-star general has been relieved of duty for disciplinary
reasons.

Byrnes, 52, a Vietnam veteran who entered the Army in 1969 as a second
lieutenant, ranked third in seniority among the Army's 11 four-star generals.

A two-sentence statement issued by Army headquarters in the Pentagon said Byrnes
had been relieved of his position. It gave no reason except to say, "The
investigation upon which this relief is based is undergoing further review to
determine the appropriate final disposition of this matter."

A spokesman at Training and Doctrine Command, Harvey Perritt, said Byrnes was
unavailable to comment.

In his position as commander of Training and Doctrine Command, Byrnes oversaw
all Army training programs and the development of war-fighting guidelines. The
organization operates 33 training schools and centers on 16 Army installations
and is headquartered at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Byrnes had been commander since
November 2002.

Among the command's responsibilities is to oversee Army recruiting and initial
recruit training, as well as operation of the Combined Arms Center at Fort
Leavenworth, which is responsible for leadership development and the writing of
warfighting doctrine. Coincidentally, the commander of the Combined Arms Center,
Lt. Gen. William Wallace, was nominated in April to succeed Byrnes at Training
and Doctrine Command.

Wallace has not yet been confirmed by the Senate for promotion to four-star
rank, so the Army chose Byrnes' top deputy, Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Jones, to take
over immediately as the acting commander.

Asked about the case at a Pentagon news conference, Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld had little to say.

"It's something that's being handled in the proper channels, and it's not
something that it would be appropriate for me to get involved with," he said.

Other officials said the matter was investigated by the Defense Department
Inspector General, and the findings were now being considered by senior Army
officials to determine whether further action should be taken.

Among the four-star general or flag officers to have been relieved of command in
recent years was Navy Adm. Richard C. Macke, sacked as commander of Pacific
Command in 1995 for remarks he made about the case of U.S. Marines accused of
raping a 12-year-old Japanese girl. Gen. Michael Dugan was fired as chief of
staff of the Air Force in 1990 for comments to reporters about planning for the
1991 Gulf War.

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