Back in my day our division had enough of the annual CFC and Navy Relief fund drives. It wasn’t a coordinated response but we had about a 10% contribution rate. So they gathered us all in a room and had the XO and CMC try to guilt trip and harass us in to contributing. The day before a port call. The message was clear yet we still never broke 50%.
Point is crap like this isn’t new. It’s been happening for decades and no one ever gets called on it.
I remember those days too and it’s been over 50 years. LOL! Started in boot with US Savings Bond push. In my career after the Navy, it was always united way. Never did.