Misappropriation In The Military Essay

Unfortunately, toxic leaders rear their ugly head in all branches. Toxic leaders use their rank and position to bully their subordinates into committing fraud and other crimes with promises or threats. One example is a unit on deployment in Iraq had an assigned Field Ordering Officer (FOO) money to assist with development of the country’s infrastructure. The unit’s commander appointed the executive office in charge of the FOO account along with a SFC as the assistant. During the deployment, the commander threatened the executive officer with bad evaluations almost guaranteeing the loss of promotion and the SFC with missions that are more dangerous if they did not sign purchase request that the commander hand carried. Before the end of the tyranny by this commander, embezzlement of thousands of dollars had taken place. After the investigation completed the commander was relieved and discharged with criminal charges while the other two Soldiers received discharges of other than honorable conditions. Regardless of the reason misuse and misappropriation causes a negative impact on the career of the individual and places a negative light on the military to the American Taxpayer. Mainstream news media bask in the ratings given to such outlandish behavior by the elite of the …show more content…
Fraud, waste, and abuse, greed, toxic leadership, and ignorance or laziness will always be a problem within the three branches. Programs that are currently in use by todays military must continue to adapt to current situations and be able to overcome the threat misuse. A lock will only keep an honest person honest; a thief will find a way. Continuous vigilance can ensure that the Army’s mission does not become compromised nor