CASE UPDATES

Adam was deployed to the Middle East from October 2021 - October 2022, and has been busy with post deployment reintegration; so we apologize for the lack of updates. While deployed in CENTCOM; the USAF Academy attempted to force a mental health evaluation on Adam DeRito, but it was denied by the US Army since the US Air Force no longer has jurisdiction over Adam (and hasn't since 2010) in order to try and tell the Inspector General that their "mental health diagnoses" in 2011 were correct.

 

Despite the Air Force Board of Corrections of Military Corrections agreeing with Adam that the USAF Academy had no evidence or right to place mental health diagnoses into Adam's records in 2011 when he was a civilian, the Secretary of the Air Force has not implemented the recommended changes. The Inspector General's Office of the DoD was asked to investigate Adam's case by the White House. The Inspector General refused to complete the investigation, as General Clark (the current Superintendent of the USAF Academy) stated that "DeRito was not disenrolled for retaliation for reporting sexual assault or mental health records, he was disenrolled for misconduct". Upon analysis of former Cadet DeRito's Academy Demerits, Lt. Col Gregory Christiansen gave DeRito an unjustified number of demerits that pushed over the "200 limit" for refusing to remove an authorized uniform device, his Marine Corps Eagle Globe and Anchor from Marine Officer Candidates School. 

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Adam DeRito is scheduled to meet with several congressional offices in Washington D.C. this September to discuss the retaliation in this case, and to have his case finally adjudicated by the Secretary of the Air Force. Adam will also be filing another AFBCMR Appeal to counter General Clark's claims of "misconduct" with the new evidence provided demonstrating Unlawful Command Influence, and not following Cadet Disciplinary Procedures or Air Force Instructions concerning the removal of an authorized uniform device.