Word: kelso
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Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, Chief of Naval Operations, announced that he would retire two months early, in April, in exchange for an official tribute from the Pentagon meant to clear him of wrongdoing in the Tailhook scandal. Earlier this month, a Navy judge dismissed the last three Navy Tailhook cases on the grounds that they had been tainted by Kelso's efforts to conceal his knowledge of the affair...
...Kelso, however, was adamant that he was not leaving, despite Vest's criticisms. Even before arriving at Tailhook, the judge ruled, the admiral should have been primed to head off trouble, given the gathering's reputation for heavy drinking, porn films, strippers and prostitutes "as part of the planned activities in the hospitality suites." But three of Kelso's aides testified under oath that he was nowhere near the third-floor scene of the crime, much less a witness to the alleged assaults. In part because of the conflicting testimony, former Secretary of Defense Les Aspin last year turned down...
...Since Kelso plans to retire in July, he has probably escaped the legal gauntlet of Tailhook with no more than the nonpunitive letter of caution he received last October. About 60 other Navy and Marine officers have been subjected to administrative discipline, a measure that can sometimes short- circuit a career. And the commander of the Naval Investigative Service and the Navy's judge advocate general were relieved of their commands. As for the Tailhook Association, the Navy severed all ties with it and warned service members away from the 1993 convention, which in any case was a tea party...
...Navy judge dismissed the final three cases arising out of the Tailhook scandal, claiming that they had been tainted by the actions of Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, Chief of Naval Operations; a fourth case was dismissed because of insufficient evidence. Kelso, the judge said, witnessed debauched behavior at the 1991 Tailhook convention and then tried to cover up his knowledge of the affair. Kelso denies being aware of any improprieties...
Defense Secretary Les Aspin refused to remove Admiral Frank Kelso II from his post as Chief of Naval Operations, overruling Navy Secretary John Dalton. In a report on the scandalous 1991 Navy Tailhook convention, Dalton had placed ultimate responsibility on Kelso for the pilots' sexual assaults...