Army General's Rank Dropped Because Of Sexual Improprieties

By Thomas Duffy / November 16, 1999 at 5:00 AM
Army Secretary Louis Caldera today busted Maj. Gen. John Maher to the rank of colonel following an Army finding that Maher carried on sexual relations with the wives of two subordinate officers and tried to start a sexual relationship with an enlisted female, the Army announced. Maher will lose about $1,400 in pension each month as a result of being retired in the rank of colonel instead of as a two-star general, an Army official said. "There was no negotiation,...

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