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Female US Army commander, 44, under investigation, accused of sexual assault and harassment of male subordinates

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362829&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Female US Army brigade commander is under investigation following allegations of multiple sexual assaults and a pattern of sexual harassment against male subordinates <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362829&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>US Army Col&period; Meghann Sullivan&comma; 44&comma; of the Army&&num;8217&semi;s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade&comma; has been accused of forcibly kissing a soldier and grabbing one below the belt <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362829&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The commander who has spent more than 20 years in the military&comma; is also accused of harassing several other <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362829&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sources close to the investigation said alcohol may have been a factor in those incidents <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362829&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Col Sullivan is the first woman to hold her present role in the US Army  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Meghann-Sullivan-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438590" width&equals;"845" height&equals;"549"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Col&period; Meghann Sullivan&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; of the Army&&num;8217&semi;s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade&comma; is under investigation&comma; accused of &&num;8216&semi;forcibly kissing&&num;8217&semi; and groping at least two male subordinates&comma; in a pattern of sexual harassment of male subordinates <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A trailblazing US Army commander has been accused of &&num;8216&semi;forcibly kissing&&num;8217&semi; at least two male subordinates just weeks after her boss was suspended over allegations of abuse against soldiers&period; Lt&period; Col&period; Meghann Sullivan&comma; of the Army&&num;8217&semi;s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade&comma; is under investigation&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;military&period;com&sol;daily-news&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;25&sol;female-commander-investigated-over-alleged-sexual-assaults-of-male-subordinates-pattern-of&period;html">Military&period;com<&sol;a> reported&comma; following allegations of multiple sexual assaults and a pattern of sexual harassment&period;<br>Career soldier Col&period; Sullivan&comma; 44&comma; has been accused of &&num;8216&semi;having a pattern of sexual harassment&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Meghann-Sullivan-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438593" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"824"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong> According to her Facebook page&comma; Meghann Sullivan &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; is a native of North Carolina&period; She graduated from George Washington University <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Col&period; Meghann Sullivan&comma; commander of the 5th SFAB&comma; faces allegations of assaulting at least two subordinate men and harassing several others&comma; with some of those incidents allegedly tied to alcohol abuse&period; reports <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;military&period;com&sol;daily-news&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;25&sol;female-commander-investigated-over-alleged-sexual-assaults-of-male-subordinates-pattern-of&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Military&period;com<&sol;a>&period; She has been accused of kissing one man and grabbing another below the belt without his consent&period;<br>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear if Sullivan has been suspended&period; Military spokesperson Sergeant 1st Class Adrian Patoka said the Army had &&num;8216&semi;no information on that matter that we can share at this time&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The revelation comes just weeks after her boss&comma; Col&period; Jonathan Chung&comma; was suspended over abusive treatment allegations and counterproductive leadership&period; Chung was accused of dressing down his subordinates for minor infractions and that he micromanaged his team&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;image-55&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438594" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"547"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lt&period; Col&period; Meghann Sullivan assumed command of the 5th Battalion&comma; 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade Guidon in June 2021&period;<&sol;strong> <strong>Sources close to the investigation told revealed that some of the incidents in her 20-year military career involved alcohol abuse<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Male sexual assault victims only make up 10 percent of all claims in the US military&comma; averaging around 14&comma;000 cases a year&comma; according to 2021 data from the Department of Defense&period; <br>Sullivan became the first woman to lead SFAB battalion&comma; according to the Army&comma; which she took in June 2021&period; The units were created in 2017 and are identified through their brown beret with &&num;8216&semi;advisor&&num;8217&semi; tab&period; <br>Those in the SFAB assist with training and work with partner countries&comma; according to Military&period;com&period; <br>At the time of her promotion&comma; she was called a &&num;8216&semi;phenomenal engineer&&num;8217&semi; and her achievement was listed as &&num;8216&semi;one more example of the great talent resident in our formation&&num;8217&semi; by the Army&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;As a senior&comma; female advisor&comma; she will also be a great example of the power of inclusion as she engages with militaries throughout the Indo-Pacific region&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Major General Scott Jackson said at the time&period; <br>Sullivan&comma; who has been in the military for more than 20 years&comma; said she was &&num;8216&semi;excited&&num;8217&semi; to take the role and for &&num;8216&semi;young women to see that you can look and act different and be successful&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Jonathan-Chung-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438597" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"547"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The story of Col Sullivan&&num;8217&semi;s investigation comes just weeks after her boss&comma; Col&period; Jonathan Chung &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was suspended for abusive treatment allegations and counterproductive leadership&comma; filed by his men <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Recently&comma; the military has come under scrutiny after it was revealed a soldier was found dead at Fort Bragg&period; Seven North Carolina-based soldiers who were camping with a Fort Bragg paratrooper whose decapitated remains were found along the coast in 2020 are facing courts-martial for conspiracy in the case&period;<br>Specialist Enrique Roman-Martinez Eight was last seen by the other seven soldiers assigned to the 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion&comma; 2nd Brigade Combat Team&comma; 82nd Airborne Division during their outing to Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina over Memorial Day weekend on May 22&comma; 2020&period;<br>Roman-Martinez&&num;8217&semi;s severed head washed up six days later&comma; but his body was never recovered&period; The manner of his death is listed as a homicide&comma; but no one has been charged with his death&period;<br>Court records state that seven soldiers who were the last to see Roman-Martinez alive are all charged with conspiracy and failure to obey a direct order or regulation related to travel during a travel ban&comma; The Fayetteville Observer reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Enrique-Roman-Martinez-Eight-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438596" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"922"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The military has come under fire after it was revealed a soldier&comma; Enrique Roman-Martinez Eight&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was found dead at Fort Bragg&period; He vanished during an outing with seven other soldiers over Memorial Day weekend&comma; 2020&period; His severed head washed ashore six days later  <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Citing court documents&comma; the soldiers identified by the newspaper are&colon; Specials Juan Avila&comma; Alex R&period; Becerra&comma; Joshua L&period; Curry and Benjamin E&period; Sibley&comma; as well as Privates Annamarie L&period; Cochell&comma; Private First Classes Samad A&period; Landrum and Sergeant Samuel O&period; Moore&period;<br>The trio of Becerra&comma; Cochell and Landrum told investigators that they left the island at 3 a&period;m&period; on May 22&comma; 2020&comma; to board a ferry in Davis&comma; North Carolina&comma; but omitted the presence of a fourth soldier&comma; according to the charge sheets&period;<br>It is not clear if the fourth soldier was Roman-Martinez&period;<br>Additionally&comma; Becerra&comma; Landrum and Cochell face other charges&comma; such as using LSD&comma; disobeying a superior or making false statements&period; Officials have said those charges are unrelated to the death of Roman-Martinez&period;<br>All seven have all been arraigned and their trials are scheduled from May to September&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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