Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Commander, Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, S.C.

Roberts was relieved of command and forced to retire as head of one of the Army’s key training commands this summer after he had sexual relations and a physical altercation with a woman who was not his wife.

Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

Huntoon quietly retired this July after a Pentagon Inspector General found that as the head of the U.S. Military Academy, he improperly made staffers work at private charity dinners, provide free driving lessons, and even feed a friend’s cats.

Commander of Coalition Forces in Afghanistan

Gen. Stanley McChrystal was fired as the top man in Afghanistan in 2010 after the Rolling Stone published a scathing piece that depicted him and his staff trash talking President Obama.

Vice Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff

After being called Obama’s favorite to succeed Adm. Mike Mullen as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cartwright was then passed up and forced to retire over allegations of an extramarital affair between him and a female member of his staff.

Cartwright has since become the subject of a criminal investigation for leaking top-secret details of a cyberattack on the Iranian nuclear weapons program to the press. The leaks were beneficial to the Obama administration.

U.S. Africa Command

Ward was fired and stripped of a star last year after an investigation found that he spent tens of thousands of dollars on superfluous travel and other lavish expenses on the government’s dime. He was also ordered to pay the government $82,000 in restitution.

Commanding Officer, Security Battalion at MCB Quantico, Va.

Margolin was promptly relieved of command and faces criminal charges after he negligently discharged his service pistol last month into the floor of his office at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.

Deputy Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

The number two man at the U.S.’s nuclear weapons command was sacked in October by President Obama himself amid revelations that he used counterfeit poker chips during a card game at a casino in Nebraska.

Commander, Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa

Baker was fired from a key strategic post in Djibouti in April amid allegations of misconduct regarding alcohol and sexual misconduct that were never fully disclosed. But he wasn’t just fired, he also had to return a substantial portion of his pay.

Director, Strategic Planning and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command

Sturdevant was relieved of his post and forced to retire last month after an investigation determined that he neglected to adequately secure his base in Afghanistan prior to a September 2012 attack that killed two Marines and caused nearly $150 million in damage to aircraft. He had been in charge of all Marine aviation assets in the region.

Commander, 20th Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command

Carey was the man in charge of part of the Air Force’s arsenal of nuclear weapons when he was relieved of command last month following an investigation into his conduct during a temporary duty assignment.

Lieutenant General select, awaiting orders to direct Marine Corps Staff at Pentagon.

Gurganus was forced to retire last month after an investigation determined that he failed to provide sufficient security over Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bastion when he was the commanding general of coalition forces in southwestern Afghanistan in 2012. The base was the subject of an attack by Taliban fighters in September 2012 that killed two Marines and destroyed six attack jets.

Commander, USS John C. Stennis Strike Group

In October, U.S. Navy officials relieved Gaouette from his command of an aircraft carrier strike group actively deployed to the Middle East after an Inspector General’s investigation into allegations of inappropriate leadership judgment. Though his infractions were never made public, officials stressed that it was an issue with his leadership, not his personal conduct.

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