A four-star Army general is accused of assaulting a subordinate who became enraged after a logistics problem aboard a plane, U.S. officials said.
Gen. Michael “Eric” Kurilla, who oversees U.S. Central Command in the Middle East and Asia, is under investigation after reports that he violently assaulted and shoved a service member aside during a trip to Israel in a C-17 in September. NBC reported. Reported.
Officials said the incident occurred when the captain asked Pentagon officials to sit down and fasten their seatbelts, angry that the plane was experiencing communications and logistics problems. .
According to NBC, multiple members of Kurilla’s air crew witnessed the reported altercation.
“The Army Criminal Investigation Service is aware of the alleged incident and is currently investigating,” CID spokesperson Mark Lundari said in a statement to the newspaper.
“No additional information available at this time.”
The independent federal law enforcement agency that investigates serious crimes regularly conducts preliminary investigations into allegations of misconduct, and officers who violate military customs and laws are suspended with pay during investigations. It is common to receive
As of Thursday, Kurilla was still on active duty and traveling in the Middle East, NBC reported.
He has visited Israel several times in the wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre and massacres in other allied territories amid the ongoing war between the Jewish state and Hamas and the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
