{"id":44471,"date":"2018-09-14T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T16:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/14\/most-marine-commanders-fired-this-year-were-over-equal-opportunity-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:27:56","slug":"most-marine-commanders-fired-this-year-were-over-equal-opportunity-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/14\/most-marine-commanders-fired-this-year-were-over-equal-opportunity-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Marine commanders fired this year were over equal opportunity concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Corps is still amid plans to overhaul its culture in the wake of the nude photo sharing scandal known as Marines United<\/a> that rocked the Corps last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military.com<\/a> reported that this year alone, five out of seven Marine commanders that were sacked were relieved over some equal opportunity concerns or bias, according to comments made by the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Glenn Walters at Tuesday\u2019s Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s because of command climate, how they treat people, how they treat people of different genders,\u201d Walters said, according to Military.com. Walters has been helping lead the charge in shaping Marine Corps culture since the Marines United scandal broke in March 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Marine Corps briefing slides<\/a>, as of September 5, the Corps’ task force for investigating harassment and social media misconduct, which formed after the scandal, has helped carry out 101 dispositions; three general courts-martial; six special courts-martial; two summary courts-martial; 16 nonjudicial punishments; eight administrative separations; 29 adverse administrative actions; and 37 no formal adverse action.<\/p>\n\n\n\t