Army Secretary Christine Wormuth in a dramatic and rare move on Tuesday fired one of the service's top generals following an Army inspector general investigation that concluded he improperly intervened in the process for selecting senior commanders.

Gen. Charles Hamilton, who had been the head of Army Materiel Command, was removed after what officials described as a flagrant abuse of authority aimed at securing a leadership role for a subordinate officer who was found unfit for command and had an inappropriate relationship with the general, according to the IG report.

The move marks the first time in nearly 20 years an Army four-star general has been outright fired and comes after a Military.com investigation in March detailed how he attempted to intervene on behalf of the subordinate officer. The publication's report earlier this year immediately triggered both his suspension from the command leadership position and the inspector general probe.

The lieutenant colonel scored in the bottom 1% out of about 800 candidates for command, failing the initial BCAP panel in a 0-5 vote after being found to be an "ineffective" leader.

After his subordinate failed the BCAP assessment, Hamilton sought and was successful in getting her an unusual second consideration by the panel – a situation that has never happened in the program's history since it began in 2019, aside from instances involving technical or administrative snafus.

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>>22143131

>was the other officer a woman or not?

>how do we find out?

"Hamilton sought and was successful in getting her an unusual second consideration by the panel"

Military.com is withholding the name of the subordinate lieutenant colonel because it found no evidence of wrongdoing on her part, though the Army's inspector general report says she downplayed her relationship with Hamilton when interviewed by investigators.

She also failed her second attempt but was placed on a list for command anyway, alongside other candidates who passed the program. Candidates who pass the BCAP are ranked by order of merit and then selected for various command posts.

Hamilton's subordinate was placed on the command selection list at the behest of George, who oversees the BCAP program. She was removed from the command selection list by Wormuth only after Military.com's reporting.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/10/army-secretary-fires-4-star-general-who-meddled-promotion-of-unfit-0