The senior enlisted leader in charge of the Army branch that oversees operations across greater Washington, D.C., was fired late last week, the service confirmed to Military.com on Tuesday.
Command Sgt. Maj. Veronica Knapp was relieved from her post Aug. 8 following an administrative investigation, Bernhard Lashleyleidner, a spokesperson for the Military District of Washington, said in an email. She was dismissed “due to a loss of trust and confidence in her leadership,” Lashleyleidner said, using the military’s catchall term for why a leader may be unfit to hold a position of authority.
Lashleyleidner declined to answer why Knapp was under investigation or for how long. Sgt. Maj. Eberhard Nordman, the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region/Army Military District of Washington’s provost marshal sergeant major, was appointed as the acting command sergeant major, he said.
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Knapp enlisted in the Army in 2000 and joined the military police, according to her official biography.
“She has deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan; served two consecutive tours in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of [Operation Enduring Freedom]; and recently redeployed from [Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base], Romania,” her biography said. “Command Sgt. Maj. Knapp has served in every leadership position from team leader to command sergeant major.”
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