Fired Fort Gordon brigade commander made ‘inappropriate texts’ to subordinate

A former brigade commander at Fort Gordon, Georgia, was removed from his post last week because an investigation found he interacted inappropriately with a junior officer, who was a woman, according to an Army official with direct knowledge of the situation and a soldier in the unit.

Col. Matthew Foulk, who led the 35th Signal Brigade, faces additional administrative action and may be forced to retire at a lower rank, said the Army official, who spoke on background to discuss personnel matters.

“It didn’t get to the [sexual harassment] component in a legal sense,” the official said. “But in a colloquial sense, it was trending towards that area.”

An investigation found “inappropriate texts,” though Foulk “did not proposition any subordinates,” the official added. The contents of those texts were not shared with Army Times.