Canadian commander in Afghanistan Daniel Menard sacked

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Source: bbc

The commander of Canada's forces in Afghanistan has been dismissed following allegations of an inappropriate personal relationship.

A senior Canadian military official said allegations against General Daniel Menard were being investigated. He gave no details.
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On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty at a court-martial to accidentally firing his weapon at Kandahar Air Field in March.

He will be replaced by General Dean Milner.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10192561.stm

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[dipsydoodle]

1. With a goat maybe

:shrug:

[Robb]

2. Woman soldier on his staff.

"Conduct unbecoming." Canadian armed service rules are pretty strict about this sort of thing.

[Posteritatis]

3. Ugh. I expected better from an officer who actually ordered himself court-martialed earlier. (nt)

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. So what is the whole story?

"...accidentally firing his weapon at Kandahar Air Field in March" is not it.

For one thing, how do you accidentally fire a weapon? Especially if you are trained expertly in how to use it.

And if he did fire it accidentally, how is that a court martial offense and a dismissal?

One thing I hate about the military, its acceptable behavior for them to censor anything that may be embarrassing or illegal, yet the taxpayer pays through the nose for the "troops"

[Posteritatis]

5. Two seperate things

He accidentally discharged the weapon because he fucked up while maintaining/carrying it, something that shouldn't happen but which occasionally does. He admitted as such, ordered an investigation into himself over it and was tried as a result, as under Canadian military law that is a court-martial offense for general officers, as are most disciplinary infractions that would otherwise be considered minor. The rank and file's discipline over that is usually a matter of fines and/or being yelled at unless someone gets hurt, at which point things get serious pretty quickly.

The dismissal over the relationship is a seperate incident.