DoD IG report finds Army general left classified map on train, overindulged in alcohol

A recently released Pentagon Inspector General report found that a former Army general lost control of classified maps on a train to Poland for over 24 hours in 2024 and in a separate incident later that year, was concussed after falling because he overindulged in alcohol.

Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, who oversaw the U.S. command that coordinated, trained and equipped Ukraine’s military, brought a tube of classified maps during a trip from Germany to Ukraine and assigned his staff to keep control of the maps. 

The documents were recovered a day later, but investigators were not able to determine who was responsible for the maps on board the train and Aguto said he was notified the maps were missing when he returned to Poland.

“MG Aguto took responsibility for this incident,” the report, which was published Friday, said. 

The report also documented one other incident, which occurred in May 2024 and saw the former major get a concussion after he fell following the overconsumption of alcohol during a dinner in Ukraine. Aguto reportedly drank Chacha, an alcoholic beverage that contains 40 to 50 percent alcohol, and told investigators that he was “some level of intoxicated.” 

Witnesses later saw Aguto fall and hit his head on a wall after the dinner, and he reportedly fell again and hit his forehead either later that night or early the next morning. He fell a third time en route to the U.S. Embassy, according to The Hill.

“A preponderance of the evidence established that MG Aguto suffered a moderate-to-severe concussion caused by head injuries from at least one, if not all three, falls in the late evening of May 13 and the morning of May 14,” the report reads. “MG Aguto’s medical exam on May 14, and a comprehensive evaluation by a neurologist and imaging tests on May 16, confirmed that MG Aguto had a concussion.”  

The report comes after the Inspector General's office received three anonymous complaints in May 2024 and the office interviewed 33 witnesses and reviewed classified and unclassified emails, medical records, official travel records and other documents as part of the probe.

Aguto was not fired over the incidents but reportedly retired in August 2024.