Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks at an annual reception for the Environmental Defense Fund at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., May 2, 2012. Panetta thanked the organization for recognizing Defense Department efforts to make military bases and equipment more efficient and environmentally friendly. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Officials Troubled Over Behavior Of U.S. Troops -- Air Force Times
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is growing increasingly concerned about the spate of embarrassing misconduct by U.S. troops that has tarnished the military’s public image and jeopardized the success of missions abroad.
“The problem with these incidents is that there is a price to be paid. It not only hurts us in terms of lives that are lost, but also sometimes it impacts on the very mission we are engaged in and also hurts morale,” Panetta said in an April 30 interview in his Pentagon office. “There are a few bad apples out there that can impact by virtue of doing the kind of stupid things that sometimes they do.”
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