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====2010 mismanagement controversy==== | ====2010 mismanagement controversy==== | ||
{{main|Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy}} | {{main|Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy}} | ||
On June 9, 2010, United States Secretary of the Army [[John M. McHugh]] reprimanded the cemetery's superintendent, John C. Metzler, Jr., and his deputy, Thurman Higgenbotham, after a [[Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense|DOD inspector general]]'s report revealed that cemetery officials had placed the wrong headstones on tombs, buried coffins in shallow graves, and buried bodies on top of one another. Metzler, who had already announced his intention to retire on July 2, 2010, admitted some mistakes had been made but denied allegations of widespread or serious mismanagement.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-11-la-na-arlington-cemetery-20100611-story.html| author=Julian E. Barnes| title=Arlington National Cemetery's top supervisors ousted in mismanagement case| work=Los Angeles Times| date=June 11, 2010| access-date=July 29, 2011| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111122056/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/11/nation/la-na-arlington-cemetery-20100611| archive-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref> The investigation also found that cemetery employees were burdened in their day-to-day work by "dysfunctional management, lack of established policy and procedures, and an overall unhealthy organizational climate."<ref>{{cite news| author=William H. McMichael| title= Errors at Arlington affected 211 graves| url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/06/military_arlington_cemetery_061010w| work=[[Army Times]] |date=June 10, 2010| access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Arlington Cemetery superintendent retiring| author= | On June 9, 2010, United States Secretary of the Army [[John M. McHugh]] reprimanded the cemetery's superintendent, John C. Metzler, Jr., and his deputy, Thurman Higgenbotham, after a [[Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense|DOD inspector general]]'s report revealed that cemetery officials had placed the wrong headstones on tombs, buried coffins in shallow graves, and buried bodies on top of one another. Metzler, who had already announced his intention to retire on July 2, 2010, admitted some mistakes had been made but denied allegations of widespread or serious mismanagement.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-11-la-na-arlington-cemetery-20100611-story.html| author=Julian E. Barnes| title=Arlington National Cemetery's top supervisors ousted in mismanagement case| work=Los Angeles Times| date=June 11, 2010| access-date=July 29, 2011| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111122056/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/11/nation/la-na-arlington-cemetery-20100611| archive-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref> The investigation also found that cemetery employees were burdened in their day-to-day work by "dysfunctional management, lack of established policy and procedures, and an overall unhealthy organizational climate."<ref>{{cite news| author=William H. McMichael| title= Errors at Arlington affected 211 graves| url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/06/military_arlington_cemetery_061010w| work=[[Army Times]] |date=June 10, 2010| access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Arlington Cemetery superintendent retiring| author=Associated Press| work=Army Times| date=June 9, 2010| url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/06/ap_arlington_cemetery_060910w| access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref> Both Metzler and Higgenbotham retired soon after the investigation commenced.<ref>{{cite news| author=Aaron C. Davis| title=Arlington Cemetery's Deputy Chief Retires Amid Investigation| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=July 14, 2010| page=B1| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/13/AR2010071306344.html| access-date=July 29, 2011| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131133446/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/13/AR2010071306344.html| archive-date=January 31, 2011}}</ref> | ||
In March 2011, as a result of the problems discovered, Kathryn Condon, the recently appointed executive director of the Army National Military Cemeteries, announced that the cemetery's staff had been increased from 102 to 159. She added that the cemetery was also acquiring additional equipment because, "They didn't have the proper equipment to do the job really to the standard they needed to do."<ref>{{cite news| author=Christian Davenport| title=For first time in decades, Arlington National Cemetery must bury multiple 'unknowns'| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/06/AR2011030603633.html| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=March 7, 2011| page=1| access-date=July 29, 2011| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602081704/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/06/AR2011030603633.html| archive-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref> | In March 2011, as a result of the problems discovered, Kathryn Condon, the recently appointed executive director of the Army National Military Cemeteries, announced that the cemetery's staff had been increased from 102 to 159. She added that the cemetery was also acquiring additional equipment because, "They didn't have the proper equipment to do the job really to the standard they needed to do."<ref>{{cite news| author=Christian Davenport| title=For first time in decades, Arlington National Cemetery must bury multiple 'unknowns'| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/06/AR2011030603633.html| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=March 7, 2011| page=1| access-date=July 29, 2011| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602081704/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/06/AR2011030603633.html| archive-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref> | ||