Navy's Reprimand of Leader Not Enough

Navy's Reprimand of Leader Not Enough
October 24, 2009
The Virginian-Pilot

The father of a Sailor who killed herself in the wake of an investigation into hazing abuses in a Navy dog-handling unit in Bahrain says the ouster of the alleged ringleader from the Navy is a good start but doesn't go far enough.

The Navy said Wednesday that Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Toussaint, a dog handler now assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group in Virginia Beach, has received a letter of censure from the secretary of the Navy and will be forced into early retirement.

Toussaint, who led the Bahrain unit until March 2006, was at the center of a 2007 command investigation that documented more than 90 instances of abuse, including Sailors being ordered to simulate homosexual sex in training videos, hogtied to chairs and force-fed dog treats.

Toussaint was not prosecuted and was promoted after transferring out of the unit. He has been unavailable for comment.

"He needs to go to the brig," Chris Young said in an interview Thursday.


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