The piece mentions that these Marines...*senior officers*....brought four women home with them.
I,for one,have never had an urge for "companionship" that's been nearly strong enough to cause me to bring Third World women home with me.
Maybe I just have lower testosterone levels than some guys.Or maybe I'm just a bit smarter than some.
If these Marines are court-martialed I'll bet learning what was on the iPads and cell phones will be interesting.Maybe even classified!
Testosterone is no excuse. If you really are in need, you squeeze one off.
The military really has to drive home the point of not going to these places.
It's the latter. Too many men are too quick to think with the wrong head, and not even all of that military training and toughness is enough to protect you from the consequences of that.
They had better not have Classified documents on those machines. If those computers had anything above FOUO they were supposed to be secured in an approved area or container.
I had to travel CONUS and OCONUS, sometimes with classified info. The info (laptops and papers) never left my possession and I had to make sure that when I arrived at my destination the first thing I had to do was take that stuff to my pre-arranged storage location and make sure it was secure.
Over the years, I have no doubt that a LOT of enlisted men have been rolled. In theory, officers should know better. But if there was classified information compromised, Katy bar the door. Like they told us when I was in the Navy. If you screw up, your a.. is grass the the old man has a brand new lawn mower.