The Pentagon and the U.S. army are not places to be if someone holds extremist views. Task & Purpose says that a three-star Pentagon general is suspended.Allegations of overt racismThese are being investigated.
Task & Purpose’s Haley Britzky reports that U.S. Army General Duane Gamble has been suspended “while the service investigates claims he created a toxic environment, regularly degraded other people in public forums and went out of his way criticizing the performance of Black officers as well as making racist remarks.”
Britzky explains, “Lt. General Duane Gamle, the Army deputy head of staff for logistics of an office commonly known as the G-4 was reported by the Army’s Office of the Inspection General in September 2020 amid allegations he had created a toxic atmosphere in the office.” “Two years later, an official investigation began.”
U.S. Army spokesperson Cynthia Smith stated to Task & Purpose, that the U.S. Defense Department Inspector General’s Office had completed its investigation into Gamble on Feb 11. Britzky reported that Smith confirmed that Gamble had been suspended on February 15.
Britzky reports that Task & Purpose spoke to three sources, including a retired Army colonel. One source described a toxic work environment as racially and toxic. “The general was known for making inappropriate comments during staff meetings and degrading subordinates and peers. This article is based upon interviews with three sources who have direct knowledge about Gamble’s comments and the culture in the G-4 office. Also, documents and e mails detailing the allegations against Gamble during his time as one of the Army’s most senior logisticians.
Britzky says that “Gamble, a white man, almost exclusively made disparaging remarks about Black general officers he knew and worked with.” He would often speak down to Black subordinates during meetings and ignore their suggestions, only for him to praise the same suggestion if it was from a white colleague.
Britzky claims that Gamble was also accused by sources of making inappropriate comments and insensitive statements in the wake George Floyd’s death. This was a Black man who was shot after a white officer knelt on him for more than eight minutes.