07/19/2025
This will likely benefit toxic “leaders” and prevent Soldiers from reporting. I dunno, I’m just speaking on things I’ve seen in how Army leaders handle investigations.
INTERESTING UPDATE POSTED BY VIVA LA VARGAS…
From a personal note, having had to suspend leaders for accusations (both in line units and TRADOC), this is a welcome change.
🪖 The Army has made changes in how it investigates misconduct allegations with new rules that may muddy the waters for soldiers making anonymous reports of misconduct like toxic leadership or hazing, former military lawyers warned. The updated rules also stop the flagging of an accused soldier’s personnel record in advance of an investigation, which could delay career progression, and introduce punishments for soldiers proven to have made false accusations.
🕵️‍♂️ The new regulation introduces several new terms that add new processes or concepts into the framework of a 15-6 investigation. Those investigations can lead to administrative punishments or more serious Uniformed Code of Military Justice proceedings that result in discharges or rank and grade demotions.
⚖️ The largest change to the 15-6 investigation process is the addition of a new “credibility” review at the early stage of some complaints. Traditionally, an Army 15-6 investigation had three fact-finding or evidence-gathering phases: preliminary inquiries, administrative investigations and boards of officers.
🚨 The new regulation now lays out an additional phase, called a “credibility assessment,” which would precede the three other phases, and possibly short-circuit the full investigation. The regulation states that officials receiving the complaint should initially review “to determine if sufficient credible information exists to warrant further fact-finding or evidence-gathering.”