Col thomas munsey biography

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Munsey deployed twice to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan during a military career that began in 1992, according to an online biography since.
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Few details in Bliss garrison commander's suspension

A colonel with four war-zone deployments has been suspended from his post as garrison commander of Fort Bliss, Texas, as Army officials explore as-yet-unspecified charges of misconduct.

Col. Thomas Munsey is off the job "pending the outcome of an investigation," base spokesman Lt. Col. Lee Peters said in a statement released to local media late last week and reported by The Associated Press. Reached Monday via email, Peters said he could provide no further information on the nature of the misconduct, nor say which official had ordered Munsey's suspension.

The statement, in full: "Col. Thomas Munsey has been suspended of his duties for alleged conduct pending the outcome of an investigation. It is our policy to not comment on ongoing investigations. No additional information or details are available."

Munsey took over as garrison commander June 20. A field artillery officer, he deployed twice to Iraq (2004-05, 2007) and twice to Afghanistan (2009, 2011-12), according to his online bio.

In a column published by the Fort

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Report: Fired Bliss garrison commander had affair

The garrison commander of Fort Bliss, Texas, was fired in October after an Army investigation found he'd cheated on his wife, misused a government credit card and failed to register private firearms he kept in his on-base residence.

Col. Thomas Munsey told investigators that the affair was "a poor decision" and that the firearms concern was "an oversight," according to documents provided to Army Times after a request made under the Freedom of Information Act. The unauthorized credit card charges stemmed from two dinners bought by Munsey totaling $173, one of which he told investigators was with the civilian woman with whom he'd had the affair.

Munsey said he met the woman in Washington, D.C., in May — the month before he took the Bliss assignment — and the adultery took place in July. The dinners came in August, on a separate trip to the East Coast that did not involve sexual contact, Munsey told investigators.

"I understand [the affair is] counter to good order and discipline and everything we believe in," he said. "This perso

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Adelbert Cronkhite

Adelbert Cronkhite (January 6, 1861 – June 15, 1937) was a career officer in the United States Army. He was notable for his command of the 80th Division during World War I. He also served as interim commander of IX Corps and commander of VI Corps after the war. In addition, his later command assignments included the Newport News Port of Debarkation, the Coast Artillery Training Center, and Third Corps Area.

Cronkhite was the subject of national attention in the early 1920s when he advocated publicly for the investigation into the death of his son to be reopened; Alexander P. Cronkhite was an Army major stationed at Camp Lewis, Washington in 1918 when he died as the result of a gunshot. An investigation determined that the wound was accidental and self-inflicted; Cronkhite's public campaign led to the indictment of two soldiers who had been with Alexander Cronkhite at the time of his death. The 1924 trial of one ended in an acquittal, and charges against the second were dropped. Cronkhite's public campaign to renew the investigation brought