The misconduct that led to at least three leaders at the 47th Flying Training Wing to be fired last week included an incident in which a female student pilot was given a vulgar call sign, and an unrelated incident in which a threat was made.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt that his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” — better at war and more prepared for it — and yet nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. Some argue it detracts from it.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press