{"id":29352,"date":"2018-09-06T23:04:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/06\/fired-osan-colonel-demanded-dog-park-at-her-quarters-investigation-found\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:52:25","slug":"fired-osan-colonel-demanded-dog-park-at-her-quarters-investigation-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/09\/06\/fired-osan-colonel-demanded-dog-park-at-her-quarters-investigation-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired Osan colonel demanded dog park at her quarters, investigation found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A colonel at Osan Air Base<\/a> in South Korea was relieved of command<\/a> earlier this year after investigators found she strongly and repeatedly leaned on base officials to build a dog park at her quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col. Kerry Proulx, former commander of the 51st Mission Support Group, also improperly allowed subordinates and one subordinate\u2019s wife to pay for her meals, and did not always repay them, according to a commander-directed investigation report obtained by Air Force Times through the Freedom of Information Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proulx was relieved<\/a> April 13 by Col. William Betts, commander of the 51st Fighter Wing. At the time, the base said she was removed due to a \u201closs of confidence in her ability to effectively lead,\u201d but did not elaborate further. Proulx is now chief of the personnel division at Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas. She did not immediately respond to a request for comment submitted to AETC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report, dated Feb. 5, detailed a sustained and improper effort by Proulx to get a dog park built directly adjacent to her senior officer quarters, which began immediately after she took command in July 2016. It concluded she \u201cwrongfully direct[ed] the use of government property to construct a dog park for her own personal use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple witnesses, whose names were redacted from the report, told investigators that they felt pressure from Proulx to get the dog park built. She regularly asked for updates on the $5,581 project, witnesses said, and regularly dropped former 51st Fighter Wing commander Col. Andrew Hansen\u2019s name when asking how it was going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hoped it would go away, but it came back,\u201d one witness said. \u201cFrom what I see, I think my leadership was really pressured. I think we get pounded every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t