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2019-07-27 Iraq

The Navy reportedly booted SEAL Team 7 out of Iraq after a senior enlisted platoon member allegedly raped a female service member

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-27 14:52|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 ....raped a female service member assigned to the SEAL platoon.

Female assigned to a SEAL platoon ?

....the entire platoon invoked their right to remain silent" under the Fifth Amendment

No problem, you're Hazardous Duty & Special Duty Pay (SDP) has now been revoked and you've been assigned to the Great Lakes Training Center, Culinary Specialist (CS) "A School" and reclassification upon successful graduation. What are your questions ?

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-27 15:01|| 2019-07-27 15:01|| Front Page Top

#2 The more I read about the conduct in the Navy, the more concerned I get.

Posted by newc 2019-07-27 15:08|| 2019-07-27 15:08|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not just the Navy.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-27 15:09|| 2019-07-27 15:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Besoeker, collective punishment because one person allegedly (not proven) did something bad to a woman is a great way to convince more men to walk away from their dreams of entering the military. When it is clearly demonstrated that men are second class citizens with no protections or rights, don't be surprised when no one wants to fight to defend the nation.

Posted by Pancakes 2019-07-27 15:12|| 2019-07-27 15:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Ref #4: Pancakes - I agree with you regarding collective punishment, innocent until proven guilty, etc. Being questioned under UCMJ Article-32 by the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) is however, not punishment. An entire platoon refusing to make statements to NIS investigators is tantamount to a MUTINY !

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-27 15:19|| 2019-07-27 15:19|| Front Page Top

#6 an alarming new report in the New York Times

Quick! Lead me to the fainting couch. I feel an attack of the vapors coming on.

Reading between the lines and considering that the modern definition of 'rape' is unwanted attempts at smooching, I'm filing this one as Men & Women Get Drunk/Do Embarrassing Stuff No One Wants to Talk About Later.

Posted by SteveS 2019-07-27 15:35|| 2019-07-27 15:35|| Front Page Top

#7 I sure don't know what happened here, but it bothers me that our super-secret naval commandos are on the front page more than Kim Kardashian. Have any of them not written a book?

Posted by Matt 2019-07-27 15:36|| 2019-07-27 15:36|| Front Page Top

#8 In this 24/7/365 media mashup of anything newsworthy especially if the pencil necks can defame a tough guy like a SEAL, everything is NEWS. 10 to 1 says it is FAKE news but the CO has no other option but exfoliate.

Posted by Fester Elmaique2675 2019-07-27 15:45|| 2019-07-27 15:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Comments 6,7, and 8 all valid.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-27 15:51|| 2019-07-27 15:51|| Front Page Top

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