The Army has reprimanded a retired four-star general almost 25 years after he allegedly groped the wife of a subordinate officer.
Tom Vanden BrookWASHINGTON – The Army has reprimanded a retired four-star general accused of groping the wife of a subordinate officer 25 years ago, signaling the service's willingness to police the behavior of its most senior officers long after retirement.The case in question involves retired General Leon Salomon, who was the four-star chief of Army Materiel Command, the service's logistics operation from 1994 to 1996.
Salomon could not be reached for comment through the Army or his military lawyer. He also did not respond to a request for an interview through a professional association to which he belongs."We take all sexual assault allegations seriously," Cynthia Smith, an Army spokeswoman, said in a statement Wednesday. "Gen. Salomon was reprimanded following the completion of a formal investigation. Appropriate action was taken.
Salomon kept smiling, she wrote, but said nothing as party goers milled about them, laughing and drinking. "At the end of our conversation, he smiled and said to me, 'Your boobs are bigger than Camilla's,'" Grace Vance wrote in her statement to Army investigators.
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