Army Major with 3 Bronze Stars hazed "to build team morale and camaraderie"

UPDATE
Carson major gets 30 days, forfeiture of some pay and reprimand

Major facing court-martial for misconduct says he was forced to drink to excess
By LEO SHANE III
Stars and Stripes
Published: September 17, 2012

WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, senior officers at a 4th Infantry Division unit in Colorado tried to create their own fraternity-style social group — complete with bylaws, initiation rites and promises of binge drinking — in an effort to build team morale and camaraderie.

But after an off-duty booze party went bad, an Army major claims he is being punished for giving into peer pressure and is being drummed out of the service to cover up hazing by high-ranking soldiers.

Maj. Christopher Garbarino, a 36-year-old with three Bronze Stars and a model service record, was charged in April after accusations of drunken mischief and inappropriate sexual contact during a rowdy party at the home of a battery commander.

But Garbarino’s attorneys, speaking on his behalf, say he was pressured by his battalion commander — the “Supreme Allied Commander” of the social club — to attend the party and drink heavily, and ended up so drunk that he claims no memory of the crimes he allegedly committed.
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