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The GAO recently reported that the DOD Office of the Inspector General has been closing whistleblower reprisal cases prematurely. However, the report does not say how many of the closed cases would have been substantiated if investigated correctly.
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Factual story regarding reprisal cases being closed out prematurely, the Navy Reserve Inspector General (IG) office in Norfolk, VA duplicated the Pentagon DoD IG and this has been a hidden secret that dates back for several years now. March 2009, the Navy Reserve IG moved from New Orleans, LA to Norfolk, VA and several retired Sailors’ complaints of discrimination have been sweep under the rug. The Navy Reserve and Pentagon DoD IG simply clear themselves by indicating that cases are not substantiated and/or untimely. The fact of matter is that cases were/are being closed out prematurely. In my case, I discovered discrimination to include retaliation and reprisal from my former Navy Chain of Command Commanding Officer and Command Master Chief while assigned to duty at Naval Air Facility Washington on Andrews Air Force Base in Clinton, Maryland in October 2005. I was informed by the Washington Navy Yard Inspector General that it was not in their jurisdiction to investigate my complaints because I was a Navy Reservist. I mailed and emailed my complaints to the Navy Reserve IG and Navy Reserve Naval Legal Service Office (NLSO) because I was not sure who had jurisdiction to investigate my complaints. After constantly seeking justice and searching for a reason why my complaints fell upon death ears, I was informed five years later (August 2010) via email from Michael Pope (Navy Reserve IG representative) that my complaints were received by the Navy Reserve IG on 17 November 2005, but I should have submitted my complaints to the NLSO next door on the other side of the glass door back in October 2005. Consequently, NLSO never received my complaints and the Navy Reserve IG indicated that it was not their job to forward my case beyond the glass door. I had no way of monitoring my case from Washington, DC cross-country in New Orleans, LA and the Navy IG was totally aware and the Pentagon DoD IG and NAVINSGEN in Norfolk, VA realized that Active Duty commands/organizations to include Washington Navy Yard IG/NLSO, OJAG, JAG, Pentagon DNS FOIA, and Board for Corrections of Naval Records (BCNR) are blind to the fact that when the Navy Reserve IG drops the ball, an Navy Reserve Sailor cry out for legal assistance are totally ignored and its simple for the Navy Reserve IG and Active Duty IG/NLSO to rule “non-substantiated” and “untimely”. Practically, it is impossible to prove discrimination regarding a case after 90 days, in my case seven years. The IG/NLSO legal system discriminated against me because they never investigated my case regarding discrimination, but quickly rule that is “untimely” and this saves the legal system from ever investigating claims of discrimination, thus, for the complainant it is an lose-lose situation. The Navy IG/NLSO legal system and BCNR are close working acquaintances and BCNR advisory opinions and decisions are based upon the IG/NLSO review of a complainant(s) complaints are prematurely closed out. BCNR will then recommend that complainant(s) seek additional legal review from the U.S. District Courts and spend thousands of dollars for the judicial system to concur with the IG/NLSO. This is a win-win for IG/NLSO and a win-win for the judicial system and its Federal Attorneys to profit. Thousands of Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are returning home from the WAR and will request legal assistance from the IG/NLSO, BCNR, and the judicial system and they will LOSE this battle unfortunately.