Naval War College President Harley Reassigned Amid Investigation

Naval War College President Harley Reassigned Amid Investigation

U.S. Naval War College President Jeffrey Harley has been reassigned to the Director of Navy Staff amid an investigation by the military.

Lewis M. Duncan, Provost of the Naval War College, has temporarily assumed the duties of the President of the Naval War College.

Harley Under Investigation

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As GoLocalProv reported, the military is investigating Harley amid allegations that “he spent excessively, abused his hiring authority and otherwise behaved inappropriately, including keeping a margarita machine in his office,”  reported nbcnews.com Friday morning. 

NBC went on to report:

Multiple current and former college employees told The Associated Press they have raised serious concerns for over a year about Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley's conduct at the helm of the elite school that grooms future admirals and generals.

Dozens of emails and other documents obtained by the AP show the college has struggled to make payroll under Harley's leadership and spent about $725,000 annually on raises while facing an annual shortfall of $5 million or more.

About Harley

Harley, the 56th President of the U.S. Naval War College, received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota in Political Science, and M.A. degrees from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University as well as the Naval War College.

Harley is a career surface warfare officer whose sea duty assignments included command of USS MILIUS (DDG 69), Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 9, and Amphibious Force 7th Fleet/ Expeditionary Strike Group 7/ Task Force 76.

While commanding MILIUS, the ship participated in combat operations supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and his crew won the Battle Efficiency Award and the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for overall combat readiness.

The mission of the Naval War College is "U.S. Naval War College’s mission is to educate and develop future leaders by building strategic and cultural perspective and enhancing the capability to advise senior leaders and policy-makers."