Chain of Command

By mid-May, the Army had charged seven soldiers and administratively punished several officers in the prisoner abuse scandal. With court-martial proceedings and six internal investigations under way, more charges and punishments are expected.

• Donald Rumsfeld
  Secretary of Defense
• • Gen. John Abizaid
    Commander, U.S. Central Command
  • • Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez
      Commander, Combined Joint Task Force-7
    • • Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski
        Commander, 800th Military Police Brigade (Since June 2003). The 800th MP Brigade included eight battalions in Iraq.
        >> Admonished for command failures.
      • • Lt. Col. Jerry Phillabaum
          Commander, 320th MP Battalion, Abu Ghraib (Feb. 2003 -Jan. 17, 2004)
          >> Reprimanded and relieved of command.
        • • Capt. Donald Reese, Commander, 372nd MP Company, Abu Ghraib
            >> Reprimanded and relieved of command.
          • • Members of 372nd charged in connection with abuses at Abu Ghraib:
              Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick
              Sgt. Javal Davis
              Spc. Megan Ambuhl
              Spc. Charles Graner
              Spc. Sabrina Harman
              Spc. Jeremy Sivits (demoted, dishonorably discharged, sentenced to year in prison, May 19)
              Pfc. Lynndie England
              
      • Col. Thomas Pappas
        Commander, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, and Commander, Forward Operating Base Abu Ghraib. (Starting Nov. 19, 2003).
        >> Under investigation.
      • • Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan
          Director, Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center
          >> Under investigation.