A shocking federal investigation has uncovered that some employees of Naval Station Newport deliberately falsified training records for emergency personnel.
The report that was delivered to President Donald Trump Tuesday alleges that nearly all of the station's 29 fire and emergency services employees did not take part in all required training.
Documents show many trainings were reported as being completed on Sundays even though no training exercises are performed on Sundays. Others showed employees completed trainings on days they weren't even at work.
Of the nearly 9,000 records reviewed during the investigation, more than 7,000 did not have an instructor listed as having taught the course.
A now-retired employee interviewed by investigators said he was forced to sign-off on training sessions he did not attend. If he refused, he says the fire chief would yell or threaten him.