U.S. Navy to Probe Lewd Videos Shown to Carrier Crew

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by MaddogK

He was a Cdr at the time the vid was made AND it was broadcast over the ships closed circuit TV system.

No problems back then, he was promoted to Capt. of the vessel.

Only NOW do some have issues with it. Sounds like a witchhunt based on the repeal of DADT.

Doesn't sound like a witch hunt at all to me. It sounds like the man, in a position of authority, not only made inappropriate comments and gestures, but videotaped them and broadcast them over the ship's CC TV. The Navy looked the other way until someone, likely someone who was offended by the acts, procured a copy and leaked it to the press. Now the Navy is forced to do what it probably should have done a long time ago.

I'll never understand the 'boys will be boys' attitude that many people have towards the military; a rationale used to excuse all kinds of inappropriate behavior, from the blatent abuse of prisoners to the Tailhook scandal. Service to one's country goes not grant the right to act in these ways.