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(11,093 posts)
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 01:58 PM Dec 2015

Navy Women Were Secretly Filmed Showering

Male sailors aboard the USS Wyoming secretly recorded their female shipmates showering several times a day for almost a year—sometimes working in teams to prevent detection, says a new Navy Times report out this week.

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 Touch—both 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
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Navy Women Were Secretly Filmed Showering (Original Post) Tab Dec 2015 OP
Good grief!! riversedge Dec 2015 #1
I served through tailhook. I am not surprised that sexist shit like this still goes on. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #2
Agreed Sherman A1 Dec 2015 #6
First, the CO has to put the careers of the offenders in the dumper. Then, he is NCjack Dec 2015 #7
Don't count on the leadership taking responsibility for this one. Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #8
*SIGH* 2naSalit Dec 2015 #3
And these were suppose to be officers upholding the military code of conduct? imanamerican63 Dec 2015 #4
Maybe the half-witted defense used so often by, well... half-wits could be used in their defense. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #5
Boys will be boys Matariki Dec 2015 #9
Not sure where that "grey box" text in the OP came from, but... tkmorris Dec 2015 #10
Oh, for pity's sake! MineralMan Dec 2015 #11
Here is the original story: Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #12

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
2. I served through tailhook. I am not surprised that sexist shit like this still goes on.
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 02:09 PM
Dec 2015

The Commanding Officer should be relieved of duty.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
7. First, the CO has to put the careers of the offenders in the dumper. Then, he is
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 02:40 PM
Dec 2015

pushed in by the base commander.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
5. Maybe the half-witted defense used so often by, well... half-wits could be used in their defense.
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 02:18 PM
Dec 2015

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!"

tkmorris

(11,138 posts)
10. Not sure where that "grey box" text in the OP came from, but...
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 03:29 PM
Dec 2015

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.

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