Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 8:06am
New disciplinary action in Dover war remains case
| By Robert Burns, Associated Press |
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The Air Force is taking new disciplinary action against a former commander of the mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and against the man who served as his top civilian deputy.
The actions announced Monday are to be the final steps in a process that began when the Air Force revealed in November that some war remains had been mishandled at Dover. It also found "gross mismanagement" at the mortuary.
The Air Force said Col. Robert Edmondson has been reprimanded and fined $7,000 for having retaliated against Dover workers who blew the whistle on mismanagement. For the same offense, Edmondson's former civilian deputy, Trevor Dean, was suspended for 20 days without pay.
For his role in the mismanagement, Edmondson last year was reprimanded and denied further command assignments.
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