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IDemo

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Thu Jun 5, 2014, 12:10 AM Jun 2014

Blue Angels dived into porn, homophobia and harassment, study says

One of the nation's most prestigious teams of flying aerobats dive-bombed into the depths of sexual harassment and stayed there for at least a year, a new Navy study says.

Under the command of Capt. Gregory McWherter, members of the Blue Angels openly passed around pornography and flew with it in their cockpits during airshows. They cursed gays and spread dirty talk about women.

Their chauvinistic behavior turned the squadron into a hostile workplace, a Navy investigation into the shenanigans said. And McWherter not only tolerated them; he set examples of bad behavior and animated those under his command.

McWherter was reprimanded after a disciplinary proceeding this week and was previously relieved of his duties as an executive officer.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/04/us/blue-angels-chauvinism/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Blue Angels dived into porn, homophobia and harassment, study says (Original Post) IDemo Jun 2014 OP
Come on guys...you've got a great job, people look up to you. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #1
Being a jerk is a 24/7/365 day job. nt neverforget Jun 2014 #2
This suggests the other meaning of the aviation slang term . . . John1956PA Jun 2014 #3

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
1. Come on guys...you've got a great job, people look up to you.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 12:23 AM
Jun 2014

If you want to be jerks and idiots, do it at home on your own time.

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