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ARMY REVEALS IT FIRED FEMALE COMMANDER IN TROUBLED BRIGADE AFTER CLAIMS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON MALE SOLDIERS



Engineer Advisors from the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade assist
ammunition and distribution platoons during demolition training, June 22, 2021,
at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington. (U.S. Army photo)
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
Published January 23, 2024 at 1:56pm ET

A female Army officer was fired from command of a unit based at Joint Base
Lewis-McChord amid allegations of multiple sexual assaults against several male
subordinates and a pattern of sexual harassment, according to a service
spokesperson.

Col. Meghann Sullivan served as commander of the 5th Brigade Engineer Battalion,
5th Security Force Assistance Brigade, at the base in Washington state. She was
relieved of command Oct. 13, but this is the first time her firing has been
reported.




Military.com first reported on her suspension and the subsequent investigation
into her conduct in April. That reporting was part of the publication's
investigation into the 5th SFAB, which uncovered potentially systemic issues
with counterproductive leadership and performance and morale struggles among its
rank and file.

Read Next: The Military Recruiting Outlook Is Grim Indeed. Loss of Public
Confidence, Political Attacks and the Economy Are All Taking a Toll.

The investigation into the 5th SFAB included reviewing an unredacted command
climate survey in addition to hundreds of internal Army emails, voice
recordings, videos and text messages. The brigade's commander, Col. Jonathan
Chung, was later fired and left the service.




Sullivan, who did not immediately return a request for comment, is still in the
service and was reassigned to I Corps, based out of the same installation. She
is seemingly not facing a court-martial, according to a Military.com review of
the public-facing court docket. It was unclear whether she had hired an
attorney.

The former commander faced allegations of assaulting at least two male
subordinates and harassing several others, with some of those incidents
allegedly tied to alcohol abuse, according to one source with direct knowledge
of the situation. One of those instances allegedly involved forcefully kissing
one of the males, and grabbing another below the belt without his consent.

Male victims account for 10% of sexual assault cases in the military, according
to 2022 data from the Department of Defense, though male reporting of sexual
assault is seen by the Pentagon as underreported due to societal stigma. Women
make up 6% of sexual harassment offenders, which is also likely underreported,
the bulk of those being junior enlisted.

Women offenders who are also senior officers are so rare that they do not appear
in most of the DoD's reporting on offender statistics. Meanwhile, senior male
officers account for 8% of offenders. However, the DoD's data paints an
incomplete picture of offender demographics. Some data on assaults and
harassments does not meaningfully break down ranks or genders of offenders.

Sullivan was the first woman to take command of an SFAB battalion.

Those new units, created between 2017 and 2020, work with established foreign
allied forces, assist in training, and develop ways the U.S. can partner with
those forces.

The unique units sport a brown beret and "advisor" tab. Each SFAB focuses on a
specific region, with the 5th SFAB's area of responsibility being the Pacific.
It partners with Australia, Japan, Mongolia and other nations that could be
critical in a conflict with China.

Related: Inside One of the Army's Most Chaotic Brigades

Story Continues
Related Topics: Military Headlines Army Military Legal Relieved of Command
Topics Firings and Resignations Women in the Military


STEVE BEYNON



Steve Beynon is a reporter for Military.com based out of the Washington D.C.
area whose detailed investigations have covered urgent issues impacting
soldiers. Read Full Bio

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