Five former commanders and a senior noncommissioned officer at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland have been disciplined for their roles in the worst sex scandal in Air Force history.
As the first woman accused in the instructor misconduct scandal prepared to go on trial Wednesday, the Air Education and Training Command revealed that the former commanders had been punished as part of an investigation ordered last year by its top leader, Gen. Edward Rice Jr.
The command didn't identify the individuals because they were dealt with administratively, outside the military court system.
While the identities of those punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice typically are kept secret, some had been high-level commanders at Lackland.
The training command, responding to a San Antonio Express-News query, said the five were a former wing commander, a group commander and three squadron commanders.
The Air Force also fired Col. Glenn Palmer, who headed Lackland's 737th Training Group, as well as a training squadron leader.
“It was found through the command-directed investigation that there was culpability among members of the supervisory chain in terms of informing the commander in a timely manner of an issue that the commander should have been aware,” AETC said. “Further, it was found that there were times when a commander was made aware of an issue but did not take appropriate action.”