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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 12:07 AM Apr 2016

Naval Academy teacher is removed amid widening sexual misconduct scandal

Marine Maj. Mark Thompson, left, was convicted of having sex with two female midshipmen while he taught at the U.S. Naval Academy. His friend, Marine Maj. Michael Pretus, right, is now being removed…

During Thompson’s 2013 trial at the Washington Navy Yard, Pretus challenged testimony given by Thompson’s accusers, Sarah Stadler and a younger classmate. Then, after being spotted by Stadler during the trial, Pretus himself was investigated for allegedly taking part in a threesome with her and Thompson in 2011. Under military law, an officer having sex with a midshipman is a crime, as is having a threesome.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/naval-academy-teacher-is-removed-amid-widening-sexual-misconduct-scandal/ar-BBsfUU2?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=iehp

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Naval Academy teacher is removed amid widening sexual misconduct scandal (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2016 OP

Oh thank goodness, he's a MARINE!! MADem Apr 2016 #1

Well the U.S. Marine Corp. is under the Department of the U.S. Navy. YOHABLO Apr 2016 #2

I have a feeling he is aware. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2016 #3

They share the same cabinet secretary, but they have their MADem Apr 2016 #4

It's the corrupting influence of the Navy. Johnyawl Apr 2016 #5

LOL~! MADem Apr 2016 #6

This is the first time they got caught, yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2016 #7

it was a joke between a Sailor and a Marine... Johnyawl Apr 2016 #8

I feel sure you are right. Our son was in the Navy Hortensis Apr 2016 #10

Adding a link to the source mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 #9

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. Oh thank goodness, he's a MARINE!!

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 12:14 AM

Apr 2016

I mean, it's all bad, but I'd rather it be a Jarhead than a member of the USN. They've been fucking up enough already, lately.

What. A. MESS.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/marine/

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)

2. Well the U.S. Marine Corp. is under the Department of the U.S. Navy.

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:29 AM

Apr 2016

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)

3. I have a feeling he is aware.

Reply to YOHABLO (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:34 AM

Apr 2016

MADem

(135,425 posts)

4. They share the same cabinet secretary, but they have their

Reply to YOHABLO (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:11 AM

Apr 2016

own military chain to their commandant, who is separate from the chain for Naval personnel that leads to the CNO. They're also in the rotation for JCS.

Believe me, if you try to call a Marine a "Navy man/woman" they'll object.

And in this case, given this unfortunate incident, the differentiation is important.

USN, as I said, has been in a few scrapes lately--they're not covered with glory, so it's just as well USMC is taking this hit.

Johnyawl

(3,205 posts)

5. It's the corrupting influence of the Navy.

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:39 AM

Apr 2016

Had those two stellar Marines not been stationed with the Navy they would never have been led into such debauchery.

USMC 1968-71

MADem

(135,425 posts)

6. LOL~!

Reply to Johnyawl (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:40 AM

Apr 2016

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

7. This is the first time they got caught,

Reply to Johnyawl (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:13 PM

Apr 2016

Some poor E-3 would be to scared to report their commanding officer!

These guys are dirt bags, not stellar at all.

I wouldn't want to serve with a$$hole$ like these and I served 24 years in the military!

Johnyawl

(3,205 posts)

8. it was a joke between a Sailor and a Marine...

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:41 PM

Apr 2016

...because that's the way we roll.

And yes they are indeed dirt bags.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

10. I feel sure you are right. Our son was in the Navy

Reply to Johnyawl (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:53 PM

Apr 2016

and I just know he would be terribly shocked and outraged by three freely consenting Naval personnel fooling around -- if that's what it was. Marines...not so much.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

9. Adding a link to the source

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:48 PM

Apr 2016

Naval Academy teacher is removed amid widening sexual misconduct scandal

By John Woodrow Cox

April 25 at 8:35 PM 

A second U.S. Naval Academy instructor has been implicated in a sexual misconduct scandal reverberating across a military still struggling to hold service members accountable when allegations are made against them.

The instructor, Marine Maj. Michael Pretus, is being removed from his position by Naval Academy leaders who said they weren’t aware of a former student’s sexual accusation against him.

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