By: Mark Johnson for VTDigger, December 20, 2018 WARREN — Gov. Phil Scott expressed support Thursday for the Legislature to investigate the Vermont National Guard and said he wanted policy changes, including more information being released if a Guard member resigns while under investigation. Scott said his own investigation or an outside review, an idea […]
By WCAX, December 9, 2018 ON “YOU CAN QUOTE ME,” BREAKING THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.VICTIMS SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY.WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT A PROPOSAL TAKING JUSTICE OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. A CAN 3 NEWS INVESTIGATION. PLUS, THE VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD UNDER FIRE. AS GUARD LEADERS AND THE GOVERNOR RESPOND TO ACCUSATIONS OF TOXIC BEHAVIOR, WE SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE WHISTLEBLOWERS. […]
By Darren Perron for WCAX, December 6, 2018 BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) The Vermont National Guard is under fire. As the Guard responds to accusations of toxic behavior, our Darren Perron spoke with one of the whistleblowers about why he came forward. “I know the Vermont National Guard as a whole is a great organization,” Lt. Col. […]
On MilitaryCorruption.com, November 30, 2018 Many years ago, there were TV commercials that said, “I’d walk a mile for a camel (cigarette).” When the Gulf War broke out, the sailors, soldiers and Marines had t-shirts created showing a camel in the cross-hairs of a rifle scope with the caption, “I traveled 10,000 miles to smoke […]
By Lisa Rathke for the Associate Press, published by Air Force Times, December 7, 2018 COLCHESTER, Vt. — The head of the Vermont National Guard on Thursday disputed the characterization of the Guard’s culture that was reported in a series of news articles that included allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct among some members. […]
By: Jack Thurston for NECN, December 6, 2018 Leadership of the Vermont National Guard reiterated a commitment Thursday to take seriously issues of sexual violence, alcohol use, and gender equality. The move follows bruising reports by an online news source that described allegations of serious culture problems within the Vermont Guard. “We are not a […]
By: John Banner Baird and Maleeha Sayd for Burlington Free Press, December 6, 2018 Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, the top commander of the Vermont National Guard, on Thursday faulted a news outlet for reporting unflattering articles about sexual misconduct and drinking on the base — but did not dispute the accuracy of the reports. A […]
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By Colin Meyn and Jasper Craven for VTDigger, December 6, 2018 Gov. Phil Scott joined Vermont’s top general Thursday to defend the Vermont National Guard’s response to sexual misconduct and other bad behavior outlined in a series of articles published over the past two weeks by VTDigger. “As we have seen throughout time in many areas and in many […]
By Jasper Craven for VTDigger, December 4, 2018 The New England chapter of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has commenced an investigation into the Williamstown Lutheran Church’s pastor, Calvin Kemp, who was the subject of a recent VTDigger report that detailed allegations of sexual misconduct by Kemp in his role as a chaplain at the Vermont National Guard. […]