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To: quietolong
Definately sounds like the type of guy who would have been canned over Tailhook
46 posted on 03/22/2003 2:51:46 PM PST by SAMWolf ("Jacque Chirac and his sons must leave France within 48 hours. " President G.W. Bush)
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To: SAMWolf
LOL!

Seriously, that whole Tailhook affair was a setup by a seriously disturbed female Naval Officer and a bunch of feminists, led by Patsy Schroeder, to discredit the "Too Macho" Naval Aviation community.

BTW, those male and female officers (and their guests) who were questioned by the NIS (and other witch hunters) who disagreed with the pre-conceived conclusions that they wished to draw and support were afforded much credibility and were basically ignored in the final report.

As an interesting aside, all the female Naval Officers at Tailhook were given a blanket immunity from prosecution. All punishments rendered as a result of Tailhook were rendered to male officers.

I was a serving Officer, and I was there. I did not see anything more than a robust, boisterous Fraternity Party. Had I witnessed any activity that would have, under the existing (pre-Tailhook) ROE, brought shame or embarrassment to the Officer Corps, I would have put an immediate stop to it.

What happened is that Tailhook happened under the old, non-PC ROE, and the new, VERY PC ROE were imposed, after the fact.

Tailhook '91 was a sad event in Naval History, and a colossal failure of both the Navy's Public Relations organization and the Navy's Senior Leadership.

51 posted on 03/22/2003 3:32:21 PM PST by Taxman
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