General Rebuked Over Bungled Sex Assault Case

General Rebuked For Sex Assault Case, Gets Important Pentagon Job
In this image provided by the Army, Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr., left, commander of U.S. Army Japan and I Corps (Forward), stands aboard a craft near Tengan Pier in Okinawa, Japan, during a tour of some of the 505th Quartermaster Battalion?s facilities on Chibana Compound. Harrison has been suspended from his duties for allegedly failing to report or properly investigate an allegation of sexual assault, the Army said Friday, June 7, 2013. Harrison was suspended by the Army chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno, and Army Secretary John McHugh, the Army said. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Chip Steitz)
In this image provided by the Army, Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr., left, commander of U.S. Army Japan and I Corps (Forward), stands aboard a craft near Tengan Pier in Okinawa, Japan, during a tour of some of the 505th Quartermaster Battalion?s facilities on Chibana Compound. Harrison has been suspended from his duties for allegedly failing to report or properly investigate an allegation of sexual assault, the Army said Friday, June 7, 2013. Harrison was suspended by the Army chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno, and Army Secretary John McHugh, the Army said. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Chip Steitz)

The sexual misconduct complaints piled up on the desk of Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr., the commander of U.S. Army forces in Japan. A colonel on his staff had been accused of having an affair with a subordinate, of drunken and inappropriate behavior with other women at a military club and lastly, of sexual assault.

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