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Former Blue Angels CO reprimanded for ‘toxic’ climate

Military.com reports:

The former leader of the Blue Angels was found guilty at an admiral’s mast Monday of condoning crude practices on the flight team that led to a sexually hostile command climate, Pacific Fleet said in a Tuesday news release.

Capt. Gregory McWherter, a two-time commanding officer of the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, received a letter of reprimand from Adm. Harry Harris, head of Pacific Fleet, for “failing to stop obvious and repeated instances of sexual harassment, condoning widespread lewd practices within the squadron and engaging in inappropriate and unprofessional discussions with his junior officers,” the release said.

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