Naval officer reassigned as investigation into harassment continues

Thursday November 28, 2002

SAN DIEGO (AP) A Navy officer who oversees a leadership training unit has been temporarily reassigned as investigators look into allegations that he harassed his employees.

Cmdr. Michael Meyer, 52, was removed late last week as director of the Naval Leader Training Unit, located at the Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, pending the outcome of an investigation by a Navy inspector general, service spokesman Cmdr. Anthony Cooper said Wednesday.

Meyer joined the Navy in 1969, serving until 1975 as an enlisted sailor. He then attended college and re-entered the Navy as an ensign in 1979.

The unit trained more than 9,000 officers and enlisted sailors last year in leadership and equal-opportunity courses. It has a staff of about 70 officers and enlisted and civilian personnel.

He has been in charge of the unit since December 2000.

The Navy provided no details about the investigation because the final report has not been completed and forwarded for final consideration by the commander of naval education and training in Pensacola, Fla.

Inspectors general investigated Meyer and his unit last year but no action was taken, officials said. No details were available.

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