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At least 12 male officers were implicated in the ring, which operated for about 10 months before a electronics technician on another ship heard about the recordings and reported them. Of those 12 men, 10 were ultimately prosecuted and assigned punishments ranging from hard prison time to a pay cut.
The men were apparently able to film the women through a hole in the wall using cell phones and an iPod Touchboth of which are reportedly banned aboard the submarine. And it was a wonder they had any time left over to do their jobs (via the Navy Times):
One sailor admitted that he and a male peer rushed to secretly record each female midshipman while she was in the shower changing room. They filmed every woman each time she took a shower during the three-month patrol, he said several times a day, according to a new report.
http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2015/12/08/report-sailor-ring-repeatedly-filmed-undressing-women-sub/75924474/?fullsite=true
riversedge
(70,589 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)The Commanding Officer should be relieved of duty.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)along with several others....
NCjack
(10,279 posts)pushed in by the base commander.
Baitball Blogger
(46,821 posts)imanamerican63
(13,855 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Maybe the half-witted defense used so often by, well... half-wits could be used in their defense.
"But I've psychologically evolved to be a creep! There's even non peer-reviewed subjective, self-published books that tell me so! I't not my fault! I cannot exist without peeping on women. They're women-- so it's a False Memory!"
Matariki
(18,775 posts)tkmorris
(11,138 posts)According to the article linked to there were no officers officially involved, just enlisted. They were all petty officers, which can be confusing to civilians I know, but they are enlisted nonetheless. Kinda pisses me off frankly, because they were apparently primarily Missile Techs and Electronics Techs, and I was an ET myself. If I had caught anyone in my department pulling shit like this I would've kicked their ass sideways and taken whatever punishment came down.
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Amazing!
Blue_Tires
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