Ex-Fort Benning commander’s retirement halted over tweets
By Davis Winkie
Sep 19, 05:27 PM
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 2 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2022, to clarify attribution regarding allegations made in the inspector general complaint.
The former commanding general of the Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, has had his retirement put on pause while the service completes an investigation into alleged misconduct focused on his social media use.
Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe intended to retire after handing over command of the installation to Maj. Gen. Curtis Buzzard in July.
But according to an Army website, he’s no longer in the retirement process and has been reassigned as a “special assistant” to the commander of the service’s Training and Doctrine Command. The two-star general did not respond to an email or social media messages from Army Times requesting comment.
Army spokesperson Cynthia Smith told Army Times that Donahoe “has been temporarily assigned as a special assistant to the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command pending appropriate Department of the Army administrative reviews.”
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