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US military nude photo sharing scandal widens beyond marines
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39227547US military nude photo sharing scandal widens beyond marines
4 hours ago
From the section US & Canada
US servicemen from all parts of the military have been sharing nude photos of their female colleagues online, it has emerged. Reports last week uncovered widespread photo sharing by current and former marines on Facebook, triggering a navy investigation. But the BBC has seen a message board where servicemen from other branches have shared hundreds of photos. The Pentagon said such behaviour was "inconsistent" with its values.
Male service members use a message board on anonymous image hosting website Anon-IB to share nude images of their female counterparts. They often first post clothed photos of female personnel taken from their social media pages, and ask if any members have nude photos, which they call "wins". Others then post photos. Those posting sometimes provide names and other details of women, including where they are stationed. Lewd comments accompany many posts.
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The behaviour previously reported was confined to marines on Facebook. A Facebook group called Marines United with 30,000 members was recently closed down after the scandal erupted.
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But the message board on Anon-IB remains publicly accessible, and indicates that such practices extend throughout the military. "Just heard [name redacted] and her bf [name redacted] broke up," a comment on 19 December from an anonymous user on a post that appears to involve personnel at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska reads. "Maybe he would post some."
Another post from a different anonymous user on 12 September reads: "Any wright patt wins? I'll start off with some". The post refers to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The user then posts self-taken images of a woman in a bikini, and then topless. There are many more explicit images on the message board.
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Although the Marines United Facebook group has now closed, there are at least half a dozen similar groups or sites, marine officials told CBS News. (snip) The Senate Armed Services Committee is due to hold a hearing on the issue next week.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has launched an investigation and has asked whistleblowers to come forward with information.
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US military nude photo sharing scandal widens beyond marines (Original Post)
nitpicker
Mar 2017
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. Sad,
simply sad that they would treat the members of their own units this way.
janterry
(4,429 posts)2. I worry
trump will use things like this to blame women and roll back progressive policies (women in combat roles). The only thing stopping him might be some of his appointments.
But with all that is happening, I just don't know