mainly by teachers recruited from the United States. The European branch of the overseas dependent schools was called the United States Dependents Schools, European Area (USDESEA).

Later, the various organizations were combined and two separate but parallel systems developed: the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) overseas, and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States. In 1994 the two systems were brought together under an umbrella agency, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).

In June 2011, an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense substantiated allegations of abuse of power by DoDEA's former director, Shirley Miles. The abuses included violations of federal law and DoD policies in hiring and personnel practices and travel entitlements. Miles was removedA 101-year-old woman died after her home-health aide broke both her legs while trying to get her out of bed, a new report says.

Emily Sims passed away after her home-caregiver, Beryl Allen, forcefully swung her legs out of bed by the ankles, leading to the victim’s fatal injuries, the Mail Online said.

An investigation launched in Cornwall, England, where Sims lived, ruled that the elderly widow’s death was the direct result of her mishandling by Allen, who has since died of natural causes.

Before her death, Sims told her niece on video that Allen forcibly grabbed her by her ankles and swung them to the floor, toppling the 101-year-old to the ground, breaking both her thigh bones. The bilateral spiral fractures in her femurs led to a perforated duodenal ulcer,