Did they know something they shouldn’t? About a gang on the ship? Drug sales?
(now removing tin foil hat...)
You’d be surprised... there are gang affiliations within the military. I served for 20 years and can tell you first hand that the Bloods and Crips were active in the Navy in the 90s. Now, whether or not these guys were really Bloods or Crips or if they were simply identifying as such because it was cool at the time... couldn’t tell you. We did have a couple of guys steal a couple of pistols from the armory and rob a store with them though. Unfortunately from them, the PM Check on 9mm pistols with those particular lot numbers came up before they returned the guns and that is when the investigation started. Brig time for both of them... one got 10 years and the other was awarded 7 years.
Or mind play.
Whatever, it’s too coincidental.