{"id":79803,"date":"2022-09-19T21:27:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T21:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/19\/ex-fort-benning-commanders-retirement-halted-over-tweets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:08:57","slug":"ex-fort-benning-commanders-retirement-halted-over-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/09\/19\/ex-fort-benning-commanders-retirement-halted-over-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Fort Benning commander\u2019s retirement halted over tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This story was updated at 2 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2022, to clarify attribution regarding allegations made in the inspector general complaint.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former commanding general of the Army\u2019s Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, has had his retirement put on pause while the service completes an investigation into alleged misconduct focused on his social media use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/georgia-north-carolina-army-us-16441a3c9f30283bd901ce7fccec22f3\" target=\"_blank\">intended to retire<\/a> after handing over command of the installation to Maj. Gen. Curtis Buzzard in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gomo.army.mil\/public\/Biography\/usa-10111\/patrickj-donahoe\" target=\"_blank\">an Army website<\/a>, he\u2019s no longer in the retirement process and has been reassigned as a \u201cspecial assistant\u201d to the commander of the service\u2019s Training and Doctrine Command. The two-star general did not respond to an email or social media messages from Army Times requesting comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army spokesperson Cynthia Smith told Army Times that Donahoe \u201chas been temporarily assigned as a special assistant to the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command pending appropriate Department of the Army administrative reviews.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donahoe is likely to face discipline for his conduct on social media, a source familiar with the move confirmed, who was not authorized to speak on the record regarding internal personnel issues. It\u2019s not clear what form such discipline will take, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith declined to comment on what\u2019s preventing Donahoe\u2019s retirement from going through, stating, \u201cAs the Army\u2019s review process is ongoing, we cannot provide any additional information at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social media snafu?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-star general has long had a significant Twitter following that won him acclaim in some corners of the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/2019\/10\/14\/military-members-you-should-be-following-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Military Times rated him<\/a> No. 1 among \u201cthe top service members\u201d to follow on the site. It\u2019s not clear what specific posts have come under scrutiny, but he was a party to a few prominent social media spats in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donahoe and other senior leaders with prominent followings, such as Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, publicly clashed with conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlson made controversial remarks about women in the military, accusing the Biden administration of \u201cfeminizing\u201d the DoD through uniform policy changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Fort Benning commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/senior-us-army-officers-tucker-carlson-comments-military-women-2021-3\" target=\"_blank\">made headlines alongside other TRADOC general officers <\/a>when he shared a female soldier\u2019s reenlistment video and called Carlson out, saying the Fox host \u201ccouldn\u2019t be more wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few months later, in June 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/retired-marine-woke-fort-benning-commanding-general\" target=\"_blank\">Fox host Laura Ingraham targeted Donahoe<\/a> after the general sparred with right wing trolls about installation COVID-19 mitigation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the allegations of inappropriate online conduct, Donahoe was also accused of retaliation against officers who had filed inspector general complaints against him, according to the official who spoke on background. The allegations were amplified by popular military-themed meme accounts, most notably TerminalCWO. 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