What’s troubling about this incident is that it did not register as obviously unacceptable conduct from the very outset by those promoting it and especially by Naval command leadership.
That was my thought, that this was even a newsworthy item.
Once upon a time, if word of this got out to peers, fellow officers, peers, would have said “What are you doing? Are you trying to deliberately ruin your career?” or that would have been bypassed, gone straight to command who would have investigated and it would have been taken care of.
Now?
Good God. This all reminds me of that West Point communist cadet. That it even made national news is dumbfounding to me.