Carey Reassigned to Air Force Space Command The Air Force has reassigned Maj. Gen. Michael Carey to Air Force Space Command headquarters following his dismissal as 20th Air Force commander, service spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told the Daily Report. On Oct. 11, Air Force Global Strike Command chief Lt. Gen. James Kowalski announced that he had relieved Carey of duty due to a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership and judgment. This action came after allegations against Carey of personal misbehavior during a temporary duty assignment. Information Kowalski received from personnel who traveled with Carey prompted Kowalski this summer to engage the Air Forces inspector general to look into the matter, said Stefanek. Investigators interviewed Carey as part of their probe. The IG is expected to complete its report in three to six weeks, she said. For now, the Air Force is not releasing details of what transpired, other than to say there is no indication of criminal activity at this time, said Stefanek. Carey took command of 20th AF, which oversees the Minuteman III ICBM fleet, in June 2012. The Air Force promoted him to the rank of major general in November 2011. Former Army Captain Awarded Medal of Honor President Obama on Tuesday awarded former Army Capt. William Swenson the Medal of Honor, the nations highest military decoration, for his intrepidity during a lengthy battle with insurgents in the village of Ganjgal in eastern Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2009. Swenson became the first Army officer to receive the medal for heroic action in Afghanistan or Iraq since 9/11 and the sixth living MOH recipient from those conflicts. Swenson was an embedded trainer and mentor to Afghan National Security Forces on that day when the Afghan soldiers and US advisors he was with came under vicious attack from a large insurgent force as they entered the village. Swenson directed air support, helped thwart the enemys advance, and exposed himself to withering enemy fire to retrieve a wounded colleague. He later drove an unarmed pickup truck into the battle to retrieve injured Afghan soldiers and the bodies of several fallen US troops. Swenson left the Army in February 2011, but seeks to return to active duty. In September 2011, Obama awarded Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer the MOH for the same battle. (White House blog entry) (Armys account of Swensons heroics) (See also Los Angeles Times report and Fox News report.)
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 06:25:48 +0000
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