Two-star fired from running top secret program office; under multiple IG investigations

[rangerrebew]

Two-star fired from running top secret program office; under multiple IG investigations
By: Stephen Losey  

A groundbreaking female fighter pilot was fired from her current job as director of the Defense Department’s Special Access Programs Central Office — which manages and oversees some of the military’s most secretive classified programs — and is under several inspector general investigations.

Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop is no longer running SAPCO, and is now serving as a special assistant to Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Seve Wilson, DoD spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Andrews confirmed in an emailed statement to Air Force Times, .

Air Force Times has also learned from a knowledgeable source that multiple ongoing IG investigations convinced Pentagon leadership that Dunlop needed to be removed. Dunlop also may be considering retirement.


https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2019/06/10/two-star-fired-from-running-top-secret-program-office-under-multiple-ig-investigations/

[sneakypete]

Jobs like these are VERY high-pressure jobs with officers put in the position of making decisions independently they would never make otherwise without consulting with superior officers first.

Unfortunately for everyone this creates a sink or swim situation,and not everyone can handle that type of pressure. This seems to be ESPECIALLY true of General officers with dreams of obtaining more stars.

If you want programs like this ran efficiently,you find a career full-bird Colonel that didn't graduate from one of the trade schools and KNOWS he is never going to get a star. Then you put him in charge and give him the authority to tell pretty much anyone that interferes and tries to order him to alter plans to go piss up a rope. None of the Generals will like him,and he won't give a damn.