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Fired Navy sub commander had affair with spouse of enlisted sailor
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| February 10, 2020 at 03:17 PM
| Paul Szoldra
Posted on 02/12/2020 8:34:14 AM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: RitchieAprile
He gave the term officer and a gentleman a bad name causes the lower in rank to question leadership very bad actions on his part.
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posted on
02/12/2020 8:55:05 AM PST
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: RitchieAprile
“Was that wrong? Shoud I have not done that?”
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posted on
02/12/2020 8:56:00 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: bigbob
“Are we talking wife in the Buttigig sense?”
I think Big Media would have used “husband” if so.
To: bigbob
Are we talking wife in the Buttigig sense? Exactly. This is the "new" US Navy.
The article doesn't say anything about a wife, only a spouse. It could have been the spouse of a female or male enlisted member who could have been "married" in either case to a member of the same or opposite sex. Or for that matter, the spouse could be "non-binary" or whatever?
The US Navy is a reflection of the culture rot permeating America and the world.
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posted on
02/12/2020 9:01:04 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(Liberals, Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
If his name were Patton or Eisenhower would it matter during wartime? I am not naive, and not immune the the siren call of beauty or easy access to something that throws itself at you, but... as an officer you know that there are plenty of other opportunities and you don't mess with the lives of the men under your command. It just makes a mess of things.
Imagine if it were discovered that Trump was having an affair with the wife of one of the DOJ attorneys trying to get him. He would have to pack up and move to Russia at that point. Some messes you don't make for yourself if you are half-way intelligent.
To: 2banana
“Do NOT sh!t where you eat.”
So many bad jokes in there...
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posted on
02/12/2020 9:09:21 AM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: DesertRhino
"Wife of an enlisted man. What a low life. Too bad he didnt get a broken nose."
My military career path was:
E1, E2, E3, E2, E3 ..college .. O-1, 0-2, 0-3, O-4
For breaking a nose in a similar situation. Not even my wife.
To: RitchieAprile
If he's a sub commander, when did he have the time to have an affair? Wouldn't he have been underwater most of the time?
And during shore leave, wouldn't the enlisted man have been around his wife?
What am I missing here?
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posted on
02/12/2020 9:23:35 AM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
Even on a submarine you are in port somewhere about 1/2 the time.
To: DesertRhino
Wife of an enlisted man. What a low life. Too bad he didnt get a broken nose.
And strangled then shot out a torpedo tube. All the other married crewmen would have helped.
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posted on
02/12/2020 9:40:17 AM PST
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: RitchieAprile
My son served on the USS Alaska, retired as a Captain and I have nothing but respect for all submariners, but for a little sex this fool threw it all away.
If you are gonna screw around, please, don't take advantage of an enlisted man's wife.
Good grief!!!
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posted on
02/12/2020 10:12:55 AM PST
by
USS Alaska
(NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
To: USS Alaska
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posted on
02/12/2020 10:18:04 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
To: RitchieAprile
That was an expensive fling.
The lack of confidence is that he displayed his carefully hidden stupidity and poor judgement. Good to cull the herd.
If it floats, flucks or flies and you just can’t live without it; Rent It.
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posted on
02/12/2020 10:43:30 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
To: 2banana
Thou shalt not dip thy pen into the company ink. Even if it is only a relation.
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posted on
02/12/2020 10:46:11 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
To: RitchieAprile
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posted on
02/12/2020 11:21:48 AM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: RitchieAprile
To: DesertRhino
I witnessed several times on dependents tours on Trident Subs, the captain showing attractively dressed spouses, one on one, alone walking around different parts of the sub. I thought it kind of odd. Why were the sailor husbands not with them? (There were no women serving aboard subs at the time). I’d see the captain smiling and some beautiful spouse of some sailor hanging on his every word. The temptation must be great for a man in such power. I don’t find this behavior out of the realm of impossibility. It’s so wrong, but it may happen more than we think. I’ve seen and heard of all kinds of ‘lewd’? Behavior aboard both Tridents and Fast attack submarines. They are a work hard and party harder group of service members comparable with the activities of some of the Navy Seals.
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posted on
02/12/2020 11:40:30 AM PST
by
Rainwave
("Work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling")
To: RitchieAprile
"Since his relief, Swanbeck has served as a special assistant to the commanding officer of the naval base in Groton, Connecticut, according to his LinkedIn account."
Is this the officer equivalent of being confined to the barracks and going on working parties all day doing things like raking the rock garden?
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