I would expect this behavior out of an E6, not an O6.
He made himself a clown, not a commander.
Doesn't have anything to do with dissing homos...it's about decorum and command.
It all depends on the circumstances, the command, the custom, the deployment etcetera...
There are no hard and fast rules in the real world...
I was enlisted submarines, our relationship with zeros was much less formal and nonetheless respectful... I guarantee many respected and would have died under command and with these same officers that earned respect; did not demand it...
EVERY officer will have problems if homosexual sex practice is required to be respected... That is what this is all about
Snob
True. I honestly can't understand why an officer, much less an O6, wouldn't know better.