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Destroyer Commander Fired After Navy Loses Confidence in His Ability to Lead

The skipper of a Navy guided-missile destroyer that returned from a busy deployment less than a year ago has been relieved of his post.

Cmdr. Bob Bowen, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Decatur, was fired Thursday "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command," U.S. Third Fleet officials said in a release.

Bowen, who took command of the Decatur in May 2018, was relieved by Capt. Dan Cobian, commander of Destroyer Squadron 21.

According to the release, Cmdr. Jerry Jackson, who previously commanded the Destroyer Sampson, has assumed command of the ship until the planned fleet-up of Cmdr. Derek Rader, Decatur's executive officer. Bowen, officials said, will be temporarily reassigned to a command at Decatur's homeport of San Diego.

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/16/destroyer-commander-fired-after-navy-loses-confidence-his-ability-lead.html

Facing Accusations of Sexual Assault, General Says He Wants to Help Victims

Faced with a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a subordinate female officer, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, strenuously maintains that he is innocent.

However, he said, the experience of being accused has made him more aware of the problem of military sexual assault – and now he wants to be part of the solution.

Beginning next week, the Joint Staff will have a special assistant who will analyze people and family programs – such as sexual assault and domestic abuse prevention and response, suicide prevention and response, mental health treatment and privatized housing – among other key issues impacting both the military and civilian force, Hyten told Military.com in an exclusive interview Thursday.

The female special assistant "will help develop and spearhead policy changes" and provide "executive level guidance and strategic accountability and risk management planning necessary to drive change in departmental, service-level expectation management" in these areas, Hyten's spokeswoman, Maj. Trish Guillebeau, said Thursday. Other areas of focus include hazing, child care, medical treatment and gender issues, she added.

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/16/facing-accusations-sexual-assault-general-says-he-wants-help-victims.html

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Air Force Two-Star Fired Amid Investigation into Misconduct Allegations

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/16/air-force-two-star-fired-amid-investigation-misconduct-allegations.html

Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca must report to prison by Feb. 5, judge rules

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca must report to prison by Feb. 5 to begin serving a three-year sentence for his role in a scheme to obstruct an FBI investigation of abuses inside the county’s jails, a judge ruled Thursday.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson came three days after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-ditch, longshot request to review Baca’s case.

Baca, 77, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced in 2017 after a jury found he oversaw the plan to interfere with the jails investigation and later lied to prosecutors about his role in the scheme.

He had been permitted to remain free while his case was on appeal.

On Monday, the high court denied Baca’s writ of certiorari, filed July 18, which would have reopened his case for review. Last year, a panel of judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that his conviction for helping orchestrate a scheme to interfere with an FBI investigation into abuses at the county’s jails was fair and legally sound. The panel also denied Baca’s requests for another hearing or a new hearing in front of the entire 9th Circuit.

The Supreme Court’s decision cleared the way for Anderson, who sentenced Baca, to set a date when the former lawman must begin serving his sentence.

The 9th Circuit issued a mandate sending notice to Anderson, effectively putting the case back in his jurisdiction, on Wednesday. On Thursday, Anderson ordered that Baca surrender within 21 days of the notice. He has until noon on the 21st day — Feb. 5 — the order states.

Baca was the last in a group of Sheriff’s Department deputies and commanders to be accused of playing a role in the 2011 scandal, which involved hiding an inmate who was an FBI informant and threatening to arrest the agent who was leading the investigation. All 10 of the people who faced charges in the case have either pleaded guilty or been convicted. They included Baca’s second-in-command, former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who in 2016 was sentenced to five years in prison after a jury found that he had played a leading role in the scheme.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-16/lee-baca-must-report-to-prison-by-feb-5

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