Fired Navy sub commander had affair with spouse of enlisted sailor

Task and Purpose ^ | February 10, 2020 at 03:17 PM | Paul Szoldra

[Vaduz]

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.

[dfwgator]

“Was that wrong? Shoud I have not done that?”

[treetopsandroofs]

“Are we talking “wife” in the Buttigig sense?”

I think Big Media would have used “husband” if so.

[Perseverando]

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.

[AndyJackson]

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.

[PLMerite]

“Do NOT sh!t where you eat.”

So many bad jokes in there...

[TheThirdRuffian]

"Wife of an enlisted man. What a low life. Too bad he didn’t 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.

[grey_whiskers]

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?

[AndyJackson]

Even on a submarine you are in port somewhere about 1/2 the time.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Wife of an enlisted man. What a low life. Too bad he didn’t get a broken nose.

And strangled then shot out a torpedo tube. All the other married crewmen would have helped.

[USS Alaska]

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!!!

[M Kehoe]

+1

5.56mm

[Sequoyah101]

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.

[Sequoyah101]

Thou shalt not dip thy pen into the company ink. Even if it is only a relation.

[Beowulf9]

https://youtu.be/RGTCG85HUP0?t=309

[Bruce Kurtz]

Blue Falcon MF!

[Rainwave]

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.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"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?