Former Crane whistleblower Rick Ward, who alleged Army officials retaliated against him after he raised explosive-safety concerns at Crane Army Ammunition Activity, recently received an award from a national whistleblower organization as he continues to pursue legal challenges against the military.
Ward received a Pillar Award from the Whistleblower Summit & Film Festival in Washington, D.C., which annually honors First Amendment, civil rights and human rights advocates.
Ward was one of four Government Accountability Project clients to receive the award this year. The nonprofit whistleblower advocacy organization has supported Ward in his disputes with the federal government.
Festival officials in a news release called the recipients “notable civil and human rights champions” and said they were honoring Ward for his “potentially life-saving whistleblowing.”
Ward told The Herald-Times in 2022 that he was fired in retaliation after repeatedly warning of safety problems that he said could cause explosions and deaths at Crane. He said safety violations first identified after a 2013 explosion that hospitalized five people continued to...
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