Navy Officer in Hot Water for Retaliating Against Ensign After Anti-Gay Harassment

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

This is not 'locker room banter'. This is between a subordinate and his commanding officer.

This is the crux of the whole matter. The superior officer is not facing punishment for calling the junior officer "fagmeister". The junior officer complained about it, but from reading the article, that case is still pending. The result of that case is not important, anyway.

The superior officer is facing discipline because, after that complaint was filed, he took it out on the junior officer. Even if the Ensign is later found to have been unjustified in his claim, the Commander still lashed out at him due only to his complaint.