Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, the U.S. Army's most famous one-star, allegedly made his lover urinate in a waste basket (I think so people couldn't see her coming and going from his place), talked trash about female officers, and once threatened to kill his lover and her family if she talked. When she tried to break off the relationship, he would seek oral sex.

Pop quiz for new brigadiers: Which of these behaviors was wrong?

 

DVIDS

 

RUBBER DUCKY

2:45 PM ET

November 8, 2012

If found guilty: dishonorable

If found guilty: dishonorable discharge, reduced in rank to E-1, lengthy prison sentence, loss of pension and privileges, cut off his buttons and epaulettes, sword broken.

If not the sentence, in the dock next: the entire goddam Army.

 

J.D

10:34 AM ET

November 9, 2012

BG Jeff S....

'absolute power corrupts absolutely'.....ummmm....yep, I think I've heard or read that somewhere....

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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