Col. Billy Pope, 81st Training Wing commander, found that results of a command investigation of Venning “warranted the removal,” base officials said in a statement sent to Task & Purpose.
Base officials said they would not release the nature of the investigation except to note that Venning had been temporarily pulled from his role on July 30 as the investigation took place.
Command chiefs are the highest-ranking enlisted personnel in their units, which in Venning’s case was the 81st wing, the host unit for Keesler.
Venning’s official biography was removed from the Keesler website soon after Task & Purpose inquired about his position on Thursday. Before being taken down, the page indicated Venning joined the Air Force in 2000 and received his U.S. citizenship in 2005. Venning is a native of Australia, according to an Air Force news story from 2014 noting he had been named one of that year’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year — the service’s top annual service-wide award for enlisted members.
>well, tie me kangaroo down, sport.