Gov. Sean Parnell met with Alaska National Guard members Sunday amid ongoing criticism about the administration’s response to allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct within the Guard.
Parnell spokeswoman Sharon Leighow says this was a drill weekend and hundreds of Guard members attended the town hall at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sunday.
Leighow said by email that Parnell was addressing changes that are being implemented within the Guard and taking members’ questions. She says Guard leadership was not in attendance.
A report from the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex Investigations found that victims did not trust the system because of a lack of confidence in the command. In response, Parnell asked the leader of the Guard to resign.
Parnell vowed to implement the report’s recommendations to help restore confidence.
