{"id":12753,"date":"2022-01-12T23:23:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/12\/ellsworth-command-chief-was-fired-after-investigation-backed-sexual-harassment-claim\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:16:49","slug":"ellsworth-command-chief-was-fired-after-investigation-backed-sexual-harassment-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/01\/12\/ellsworth-command-chief-was-fired-after-investigation-backed-sexual-harassment-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellsworth command chief was fired after investigation backed sexual harassment claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Master Sgt. Justin Deisch, a former command chief at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, was recently fired after an investigation found he sexually harassed a female airman at a major Air Force conference in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inquiry substantiated three of the four allegations levied against Deisch for his behavior on Sept. 22-23, 2021, at the Air Force Association\u2019s annual fall conference at National Harbor, Maryland. Those include sexual harassment of an airman, dereliction of his duties as a senior noncommissioned officer and simple assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those findings, obtained by Air Force Times via a Freedom of Information Act request, sheds new light on the 28th Bomb Wing\u2019s previously reported decision to fire its top enlisted leader last November.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/11\/30\/top-enlisted-adviser-fired-from-south-dakota-bomb-wing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chief-Master-Sgt.-Justin-Deisch.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Top enlisted adviser fired from South Dakota bomb wing<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Chief Master Sgt. Justin Deisch was fired after an investigation into undisclosed &quot;inappropriate conduct.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deisch saw the unnamed, married woman on Sept. 22, 2021, while she was with a group at a bar. He tried complimenting her by saying \u201cshe had gorgeous eyes and that he couldn\u2019t stop staring,\u201d according to the report. She found the comments inappropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He soon cornered the woman when she was separated from her group and grabbed her arm while he continued to compliment her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSorry, I\u2019m drunk and being really forward,\u201d he said, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deisch immediately made her uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHer discomfort grew during the conversation until she was terrified of the position she was in,\u201d the report said. \u201cShe froze and was unable to assert her way out of the situation until he physically moved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She found a bruise on her hand the following day, which may have come from being pressed against a table, investigators said. The Air Force also concluded his hugging constituted assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/deisch.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Gen. Mark. A Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff at the time, presents the Lance P. Sijan Leadership award to then-Senior Master Sgt. Justin Deisch during a ceremony in the Pentagon, Washington. D.C., April 7, 2016. Deisch was a material flight chief assigned to the 705th Munitions Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and led 103 personnel across the only munitions squadron supporting the nuclear triad. (Jim Varhegyi\/Air Force)\" class=\"wp-image-28316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/deisch.jpg.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/deisch.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/deisch.jpg.jpg?resize=768,548 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gen. Mark. A Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff at the time, presents the Lance P. Sijan Leadership award to then-Senior Master Sgt. Justin Deisch during a ceremony in the Pentagon, Washington. D.C., April 7, 2016. Deisch was a material flight chief assigned to the 705th Munitions Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and led 103 personnel across the only munitions squadron supporting the nuclear triad. (Jim Varhegyi\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later testified that he was trying to make the woman feel better about her looks and to downplay comments about her deployed husband. He may have touched her shoulder and hugged her from the side during the conversation, he said, but did not perceive that she was uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe also \u2026 confirmed the late-night group that traveled to [redacted] hotel for a bottle of wine and returned [to] the lobby bar, including passing a note to [redacted] with his phone and room number on it, but not with intent toward flirting or romance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witnesses confirmed to investigators that Deisch had singled out the woman and was overly flirtatious, even after he learned she was married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chief master sergeant brazenly touched at least one other person, too. An unnamed man who was also included in the report said that Deisch touched his neck and shoulders when they first met, and that the enlisted leader smacked an unnamed person on the butt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile [the person] did not feel intruded upon, he did think it was very forward and bold of CMSgt Deisch to think he could place his hands on someone or smack them within 30 seconds of meeting them,\u201d the report said. \u201cIt was an indication of a lack of barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/01\/11\/court-to-decide-if-hyten-will-face-trial-in-civil-suit-for-sexual-assault\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95-10-1.jpg-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Court to decide if Hyten will face trial in civil suit for sexual assault<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The appeals court could take three months to a year to decide whether the case against retired Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will proceed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later that night, Deisch tried to follow the woman back to her hotel room without her consent. Someone else had to distract him so the woman could leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman \u201ccontinuously broke down as she was reliving the scene\u201d while talking to others that night and the next day, according to the report. \u201cIn the days after, she was crying for hours on end and having nightmares.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Deisch testified that he drank one 12-ounce beer per hour from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., plus some wine, the Air Force couldn\u2019t say for sure whether drunkenness accounted for his actions. He was loud but not slurring or stumbling, witnesses said during the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An allegation of drunk and disorderly conduct was not substantiated in the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wing commander Col. Joseph Sheffield called for the inquiry Oct. 1, 2021, about a week after the conference ended. As the top enlisted airman at the wing, Deisch advised Sheffield on the professional and personal well-being of more than 3,000 enlisted airmen at Ellsworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/07\/sweeping-military-justice-reforms-plan-to-add-women-to-draft-dropped-from-compromise-authorization-bill\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20226563838812.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Sweeping military justice reforms, plan to add women to draft dropped from compromise authorization bill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lawmakers  hope to rush the slimmed down authorization bill through both chambers of Congress this week.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base is one of two installations that hosts the B-1B Lancer bomber fleet. The 28th Bomb Wing is the Air Force\u2019s largest B-1 combat wing, with 27 Lancers and 3,700 uniformed and civilian employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deisch arrived at Ellsworth in June 2021, according to a previously posted official biography that has been removed from the base\u2019s website. The wing did not say what job he now holds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has held multiple leadership positions in munitions maintenance, nuclear missile testing and other units since joining the service in 1995, and is certified as a sexual assault prevention and response victim advocate, a bystander intervention training instructor and a \u201cGreen Dot\u201d intervention facilitator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll airmen should be treated with dignity and respect, and senior leaders should set the example for subordinates by exercising sound judgement and decision-making both on and off duty,\u201d Sheffield said in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An inquiry substantiated claims against Chief Master Sgt. 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