Guard fires 15 for breaking recruiting rules

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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070912/LOCAL/709120514/-1/LOCAL17

Indiana National Guard officials have fired 15 recruiters for breaking new rules created to protect young women from sexual abuse after a sergeant was charged with raping a recruit 2 1/2 years ago.

The former recruiter, Sgt. Eric P. Vetesy, 39, is expected to plead guilty Thursday in the Hamilton County case. He faces 39 charges relating to sexual misconduct with females he recruited -- mostly high school teenagers -- when he appears in court in Noblesville.

The state's top Guard recruiting official says the dismissals since Vetesy's arrest, though troublesome, show that new rules and procedures implemented to prevent and expose sex-related wrongdoing in Guard recruiting are working.
"In other words, violations stopped being swept under the rug," Lt. Col. Ivan E. Denton noted in an update to the National Guard Bureau in Washington earlier this year.

Denton, who oversees nearly 200 Guard recruiters statewide, has logged and investigated 36 sex-related complaints since the February 2005 indictment of Vetesy.

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1. In other words, violations stopped being swept under the rug,"

Gee, how special. Likely there was no more room for them under that rug.

Of course, no one likes inconvenient truths. Whatcha wanna bet LCOL Denton has reached his terminal rank?

Wonder how many of those fired fellahs are enjoying the view in the sandbox?

This same crap has happened in the past. Aberdeen and other scandals...it's almost as though they never learn. The same shit, all over again.

In addition to the No One Alone rule, recruiters have been required to provide recruits with "Guard Cards" that inform them of their rights and provide a phone number to report recruiter abuse or impropriety.
Recruiters and their immediate supervisors also are trained regularly on inappropriate relationships and warned of their culpability if they fail to report a suspected offense through the chain of command.
The Indiana policy has been adopted by many military commands across the country, Denton said.
A six-month Associated Press investigation last year found nationally that more than 80 military recruiters were disciplined last year for sexual misconduct with potential enlistees.
"I think we have clearly set the standards for ethics as far as policies and procedures," Denton said. "We need to continue to execute it at a very, very high level of efficiency."