If you found out your Leader or Immediate Supervisor was doing something against the law, like fraud, what would you do?

Been though this situation on A.D. and then again in Reserve and all of times I have been screwed for doing the right thing. My way of looking at it is I can look at myself in the mirror and not be ashamed of what I see. I have lost rank, position and for that matter even my retirement.... If you want to think there is whistle blower protection.

My last assignment. The section chief was a civilian with no military background. She kept buying things for the section we had no need for. She justified it by saying she's going to make it all available for the Soldiers after she presented it to the post commander, who was not in my chain of command. It never happened. I reported it to my department NCOIC. My boss made the rest of that tour pure hell, but after my retirement she was relieved of her duties and the section was shut down.

There is only one answer. If the offense is a felony it must be reported. No need for discussion or contemplation.

While on recruiting duty in New York (Jackson Heights), my partner would pay a guy in the city vital statistics $15 to make up a phony birth certificate and then place it in the files so the applicant (an illegal alien) could sign up for the Navy. He once showed me two birth certificates and asked me to pick out the fake. I picked the one that was clear and sharp and he picked up the 'fuzzy' one and laughed. He explained, the fuzzy one is the more accurate because the folks who did the photo copies did a zillion every day and they got the image 'good enough' to file away...so the fakes had to be just a little 'off' to not attract attention. He put in a few that way. He asked if I wanted in and I said no...three things...I was a drunk, I couldn't sink that low (personal ethics) and my career was on the downward path to shitsville and I didn't think anyone would believe me if I did turn him in.

I'd get in on the profits, make money homie!

This is called "Whistle Blowing" the consequences can be over whelming, in 1985 I turned in a high ranking officer for embezzlement and supporting the KKK. My career was ruined and in 2015 I retired as an E-5 with 17 years time in grade of active duty. I was boarded for E-6 three times in which I passed twice and failed once. Each time the paper work mystically disappeared. It is a big step and if I had to do it all over a gain, I would do it again. In my opinion it takes great fortitude to endure it because everything and everyone will be against you.

I would try hard to be sure it was true and nor a rumor.If found true I would go to JAG for advice.If unable to find it true keep quit until it pops up again with proof.Let Jag advise if CID/OSI needs to be notified.He needs to pay for his actions if true but could ruin him if false. Very touchy subject

My first duty site as an Army Officer was a Maine Corps base. I quickly learned that the previous OIC and senior NCO spent their entire three years living on base AND drawing full housing allowance. Because the housing was administered by the Navy and the paycheck by the Army, they hadn’t been caught. They robbed it on the face of their Soldiers (who struggled to pay for food and childcare) and bought vehicles they couldn’t truly afford, etc. they also did after hours stuff with government equipment and took cash payments. I reported all this to my CoC. Nothing happened. No investigation, nothing. Because the CoC has to sign off on the housing pay every month, so they were culpable. When I figured this out, I took my evidence to NCIS. They quickly investigated and addressed it. The previous OIC ended up having to repay roughly $100k and got an OTH discharge. Not sure about the NCO. I, however, got reprimanded by my command for going outside the CoC. Our MOS is small, so that started the end of my career. I managed to recover some at my next duty site and deployment. However, after I told my last CO that I was seeing mental health regularly for my PTSD, I was quickly made a scapegoat and drummed out.

I turned my Captain in for discussing classified information over an unsecured telephone line. No one cared. I was in trouble with everything after that.

Report the incident to the IG.