#Louisiana National Guard’s top enlisted adviser fired amid sexual harassment allegations

By Paul Purpura, NOLA.com

The Louisiana National Guard’s adjutant general fired his senior enlisted adviser Friday, after investigators substantiated allegations of sexual harassment involving another member of the Guard, a spokesman confirmed Saturday. The National Guard has opened a criminal investigation into whether Sgt. Maj. Tommy Caillier has committed a sexual assault, said Lt. Col. Michael Kazmierzak, the state’s public affairs officer.

Caillier, 53, a Lafayette native, could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday. He was the highest-ranking enlisted soldier in the state’s military force. As command sergeant major, he was Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis’s right-hand man on all matters affecting enlisted soldiers and airmen in the Louisiana National Guard.

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