Navy Video Scandal! Boy's Will be Boy's

yeah, some folks dont have any.

I agree!! I don't think there is a single person out there who is politically correct all the time. This guy was trying to give his men a laugh that's all. People need to learn how to laugh at themselves and not get up their own asses every time someone makes a not so PC joke.

This happens every single day in the Navy. The difference is this one leaked to the public and emberassed the Navy, so they are going to punish this Captain. Not for what he did, but for the emberassment he caused the Navy. This is a political move, though honestly once you become a Captain you have to become a Politician. The politics begins once you get a star. Once you are an Admiral you are retired from the military and begin a career in politics.

after months at sea almost anything might be funny. but wtf these guys need to let off some steam.

political correctness is over rated in any circle

hopefully all this guy will get is a slap on the hand.

I am afraid that is not likely. The best he can hope for is a forced early retirement. It is POSSIBLE they will retain him..but not likely..he will never again serve as a Line Officer or have a command of his own. He COULD face a Courts Martial.

I think we will see an early retirement out of this case.

very true!!

i think i got wood

maybe a holiday dedicated to navy humor

are these available to civilians?

Ha ha, my thoughts exactly.

but american values by whose standards?

if someone ever released a video of what goes on behind closed doors when congress has had a few drinks we might all be shocked

While I agree with the theory, behavior like this is for all intents and purposes intrinsic to the military. This type of behavior is exhibited more prominently in the Enlisted ranks, but is still instilled in the Officer corps as well. There is no way to wean this out of the Military, this type of behavior allows for an Officer to bond more readily with the crew.

While I loved, and still feel a bond that can never be broken with my Shipmates that I served with. I will say this, the Military is NOT full of the best and brightest. It is full of the most desperate. While they are amazing men and women, and there is no lacking for intelligence, the Military does not WANT people to be intelligent and to think for themselves. They want servants. That is the nature of the military, so they discourage independent thought.

It is true that the military needs people to follow orders quickly and without question so I cannot imagine them wanting much free thinking. But the guy who runs the ship, he has to give those orders and act quickly in times of dire need, shouldn't he be a mildly shiner peanut in the turd?

Aren't you going to more readily get a group of men and women to follow your orders when they feel a connection to you? When they feel that you aren't three tiers ahead of them, but rather one of them?

Yes but there are other ways. Im not saying that I hold it against the guy personally but I most defiantly would not be looking at him for a leadership position of any kind. These little videos do not imbue respect or honor of any kind, its just some guy being an ass and it is funny, but this man is in a leadership position, he needs to act like it.

So him being a leader somehow circumvents that fact that he is 'just some guy'. We're all 'just some guy'. The fact that he hasn't allowed his position to affect his ego (or so it would seem as I don't actually know him) speaks positively of his character.

To a certain extent yes it is admirable that he can maintain humor while in a position of authority, however if he cannot provide his position with the respect it deserves he does not deserve the position.

Then you would have to disqualify 100% of the military. All are in a position of authority to some extent and all are still men and women equal to civilians with senses of humor, bouts of bad attitudes, trash talkers....etc.

Have you ever served in the Military?

Have you ever served in the Military?

sounds typical of what our elected leaders of either party expect of the american people

maybe a better example of leadership would be barney frank?

What does that even mean?

You've never enjoyed a comedy show or an off colored joke? C'mon.

Humor is half of what gets me through the day.

When in a leadership position , humor like this , establishes a pecking order . It tells people who it is OK to be cruel to . Making fun of homophobes might have balanced it out somewhat . I did no see that here .

arti, you have no sense of humor

yup!

Agreed.