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Admiral reprimanded for drunken, naked escapade at Florida hotel
Stars & Stripes ^ | 12/7/15 | Craig Whitlock

Posted on 12/07/2015 6:26:54 PM PST by markomalley

The Navy announced Monday that it has reprimanded a two-star admiral for getting drunk and wandering naked around a Florida beachfront hotel while attending a conference with defense contractors.

Rear Adm. David F. Baucom, the director of strategy and policy at the U.S. Transportation Command, became so intoxicated at an upscale beachfront resort in April that he struck his head on a barstool, wet his pants and needed an escort back to his room, according to an investigative report by the Naval Inspector General.

A few hours later, still in a haze, Baucom re-emerged from his room without any clothes on - as his door automatically locked behind him, the report states.

As the admiral stumbled around the grounds of the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club desperately looking for a towel to wrap around his waist, he was spotted by two alarmed female guests who reported him to hotel security.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: admiral; baucom; davidbaucom; davidfbaucom; disneyworld; drink; drunk; etoh; florida; floriduh; hotel; navy; pontevedrainn; reprimand; usnavy; wethispants
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To: PROCON
Drunken? Yes. Florida? Yes. Nude? No.

As meatloaf once said- 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

CC

41 posted on 12/07/2015 7:01:34 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: markomalley

REAR Admiral.....Snicker, snicker


42 posted on 12/07/2015 7:01:51 PM PST by I_be_tc
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To: markomalley

I’ve had a recurring nightmare like that. It would suck if I didn’t wake up from it.


43 posted on 12/07/2015 7:04:43 PM PST by Defiant (I wouldn't have to mansplain if it weren't for all those wymidiots.)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Appreciate your thoughts and clarification.
Military high ranking officers should know better, and make big mistakes in judgement from time to time.
However, there’s been so many officers purged from command, it raised suspicion that this very public embarrassment may have more behind it (doh!), I meant more than meets the eye...
Related thread:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3369592/posts

Wonder if anyone’s mapped out fired top brass officers with the sensitive posts they held, ie: ICBM, Strategic Air, Navy nuclear sub command, special forces, etc?


44 posted on 12/07/2015 7:06:41 PM PST by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: markomalley

Finally, an explanation for the F35!


45 posted on 12/07/2015 7:06:44 PM PST by drunknsage
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To: markomalley

Stick close to your room when naked you may be,
And you all may be rulers of the Queen’s Navee!


46 posted on 12/07/2015 7:08:28 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: I_be_tc

What’s long, round and full of seamen? My submarine


47 posted on 12/07/2015 7:09:19 PM PST by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: jonrick46

Yes.


48 posted on 12/07/2015 7:13:07 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: markomalley

Gross but not the crime of the century. I can definitely screw up promotion though. :-)


49 posted on 12/07/2015 7:14:08 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: military cop
"Rear Admiral" ... Obama will keep him. heh heh
50 posted on 12/07/2015 7:20:55 PM PST by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: markomalley
Fred Willard photo: Fred Willard e344bde9.jpg You go fella. Let that freak flag fly!
51 posted on 12/07/2015 7:28:17 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: ClearCase_guy; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON; KC_Lion
George Costanza: Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I’ve worked in a lot of offices, and I tell you, people do that all the time.

Not good naked. Not good at all.

52 posted on 12/07/2015 7:33:42 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: All

Liberty call, Liberty call. Liberty commences for sections 1, 3, and 5 to expire 0800 Monday.


53 posted on 12/07/2015 7:45:02 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: markomalley
"...he struck his head on a barstool, wet his pants and needed an escort back to his room..."

Okay, that is a tough night then. I mean, who hasn't struck his head on a barstool or needed an escort back to the room...but man...the pants?

54 posted on 12/07/2015 7:56:04 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: markomalley

Just outstanding


55 posted on 12/07/2015 7:57:52 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: wideawake

Ummm you don’t know what constitutes command. He wasn’t in a command billet. And he will always be an admiral. It’s not a punishable offense that would take rank from a flag officer.


56 posted on 12/07/2015 8:23:39 PM PST by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: PROCON

I can truthfully say that I have not. :)


57 posted on 12/07/2015 8:43:11 PM PST by kalee
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To: Salvavida

Damn the minnows! I need a drink!


58 posted on 12/07/2015 8:46:00 PM PST by MortMan (I am offended by those who believe they have a right not to be offended.)
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To: markomalley

“he struck his head on a barstool, wet his pants and needed an escort back to his room”


And who here has never done that?


59 posted on 12/07/2015 9:00:37 PM PST by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: o-n-money

Great “leaders” we have.


60 posted on 12/07/2015 9:05:25 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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