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April 25, 2014

Navy Reassigns Ex-Blue Angels Commander After Sexual Harassment Claim 
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The Navy has reassigned a former commander of an elite flight squad and
is investigating claims he presided over rampant sexual harassment.
Captain Gregory Mc Wherter served two stints as commander of the Navy's
Blue Angels –- an acrobatic flight demonstration team. Last week, the
Navy announced he had been relieved of his most recent post as executive
officer of a base in California. An internal military document, which
was accidentally emailed to an editor at The Washington Post, shows a
former squad member filed a complaint against Mc Wherter last month. He
is the latest in a series of senior commanders to face investigation
amid an epidemic of sexual assault and harassment in the military.

 

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