Maj. Gen. Clay L. Garrison, the top commander of the California Air National Guard, was relieved of command this week for being unable to “maintain a positive command climate,” guard officials announced Friday.
Maj. Gen. Clay L. Garrison, who was relieved of command this week, was the head of the 144th Fighter Wing when Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pineda discovered someone had urinated in her boots.
The urine incident and its aftermath fueled suspicions within the guard that high-ranking officers, including Garrison, mishandled two investigations to find the perpetrator and tried to bury the episode to protect someone who may have been involved, according to interviews and guard records obtained by The Times. Some in the wing refer to the scandal as “Pissgate.”
Members of the 144th’s security forces, who police the base, conducted two investigations, according to internal investigative records obtained by The Times. Both were inconclusive and the case was closed.
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