President Obama is set to approve the appointment of a one-star
admiral to replace Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, who is leaving
early as director of the Missile Defense Agency after a critical
Pentagon inspector general report concluded he had intimidated
subordinates and demoralized the key strategic defense agency.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has signed off on the expected White House appointment of Rear Adm. James D. Syring to be the next MDA director, according to defense and congressional officials. Paperwork for the appointment is said to be waiting White House approval.
Syring is currently a senior weapons acquisition official at the Navy who took part in developing the service’s next generation destroyer, known as DDG 1000.
O’Reilly, MDA director since 2008, is being let go before the completion of his four-year appointment in November, following the IG report that concluded he violated joint military ethics rules and Army regulations a head of the agency.
A declassified IG report dated May 2, 2012, stated that multiple witnesses had testified O’Reilly frequently “yelled and screamed” at subordinates and forced 19 senior officials to leave the agency, while others who remained were demoralized and afraid to speak in meetings.
The Missile Defense Agency is the Pentagon unit in charge of developing, testing, and deploying a variety of missile defense systems, notably two ground-based interceptor bases in Alaska and California, and numerous sea-based missile defense interceptor ships and radar. The agency’s annual budget is around $8 billion.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/missile-defense-fallout/
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has signed off on the expected White House appointment of Rear Adm. James D. Syring to be the next MDA director, according to defense and congressional officials. Paperwork for the appointment is said to be waiting White House approval.
Syring is currently a senior weapons acquisition official at the Navy who took part in developing the service’s next generation destroyer, known as DDG 1000.
O’Reilly, MDA director since 2008, is being let go before the completion of his four-year appointment in November, following the IG report that concluded he violated joint military ethics rules and Army regulations a head of the agency.
A declassified IG report dated May 2, 2012, stated that multiple witnesses had testified O’Reilly frequently “yelled and screamed” at subordinates and forced 19 senior officials to leave the agency, while others who remained were demoralized and afraid to speak in meetings.
The Missile Defense Agency is the Pentagon unit in charge of developing, testing, and deploying a variety of missile defense systems, notably two ground-based interceptor bases in Alaska and California, and numerous sea-based missile defense interceptor ships and radar. The agency’s annual budget is around $8 billion.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/missile-defense-fallout/
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