Head of Army public affairs suspended following damning office climate survey

The U.S. Army’s top spokeswoman has been suspended from her position pending an investigation.

Brig. Gen. Amy E. Johnston, who assumed the duties of chief of public affairs in April 2019, was “suspended and placed on special duty pending the outcome of an Army investigation,” Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Thursday.

Ninety-seven percent of the survey respondents reported “workplace hostility,” while only 8% of the soldier and civilian employees said they experience “high” levels of morale, while just over a quarter, 26%, said they experience moderate morale. The survey, parts of which were obtained by the Military Times, also noted that factors such as being overworked, having an imbalanced work-home dynamic, and ambiguous product expectations, all contributed to those sentiments.

Additionally, 21% of respondents said sexual harassment was present in the office, while 26% said the same about racial harassment.

More than one fifth experienced sexual harassment, one quarter experienced racial harassment, and nearly everyone experienced some sort of toxic work place harassment.

Damn… what sort of shit show was she running?

According to the US Army:

Johnston holds a bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences from Ohio State University and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. She holds Master’s Degrees in Communications and National Resource Strategy from American University and the National Defense University’s Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.

Fantastic, another general with a liberal arts degree and no warfighter experience.

Are there any generals in our military that still hold fast to principles like duty and honor or are they all just bureautrash?