A former U.S. Army general tasked with overseeing U.S.-led military support for Ukraine lost classified maps on a train in Europe and was concussed after an "overindulgence in alcohol" during a dinner in Ukraine, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General.

A former U.S. Army general tasked with overseeing U.S.-led military support for Ukraine lost classified maps on a train in Europe and was concussed after an “overindulgence in alcohol” during a dinner in Ukraine, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Inspector General.

The 50-page report, dated March 12, found that Retired Army Major General Antonio Aguto Jr., who led the German-based Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U), violated policy in his handling of classified maps while on a State Department-chartered trains.

SAG-U, which was established in November 2022 with about 300 military personnel, assists with “coordinating the training and equipping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” out of Wiesbaden, Germany, according to the Pentagon.

  • Carnelian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    2 months ago

    Why even have the maps with you when you’re going out drinking?

    Edit: the reason he got hammered was because he was stuck in a six hour long military dinner event lol.

    As for why he had the maps, despite us all reading the summary the same way, the “and” in “lost maps on train and got concussion after drinking” is actually being used to delineate two entirely unrelated events

    • wheezy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      There are better alternatives

      https://youtu.be/Ne2hpWVR4D0

      Edit: I forget if there is an original source somewhere. But this version literally removes the joke by replacing “educated” with “brainwashed” with a bad dub. The joke was him saying “Educate Me? Americas son? THAT will be a challenge”. I guess the ultimate irony is that they needed to remove the education line and replace it with “brainwashed” for Americans.