Friday, December 20, 2013

USAF General In Charge Of Nuclear Missiles Fired Over Inappropriate Behavior In Russia


USAF General In Charge Of Nuclear Missiles Accused Of Getting Drunk On Official Visit To Russia, Behaving Badly And Bragging Of Meeting 'Two Hot Women' -- Daily Mail

* Maj. Gen Michael Carey was fired for drunken antics on a trip to Russia
* Witnesses say he boasted of meeting 'hot women' on night before visit
* He then was 45 minutes late for official delegation and got drunk at lunch
* Probe reveals he bragged loudly of 'saving the world from war every day'
* And, on monastery tour, he interrupted guide and tried to 'fist bump' her
* It was the second firing in a week of a senior commander of nuclear forces

An Airforce general in charge of nuclear missiles was sacked because he got so drunk on a delegation to Russia that he bragged of the 'hot women' he had met, boasted of saving the world... and tried to 'fist bump' a guide during a tour of a monastery.

Maj. Gen. Michael Carey was removed as chief of the 20th Air Force Global Strike Command, based in Wyoming and responsible for 450 ballistic missiles at three bases across the country, in October.

And today it emerged he was relieved of his duties for a catalogue of misdemeanors while leading a U.S. delegation to a nuclear security training exercise in Russia in mid-July.

Read more ....

Update: Report: Fired nuke general misbehaved in Russia -- AP

My Comment: Suffice it to say that Maj. Gen. Michael Carey's career in the military is over.

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