Admiral reprimanded for drunken, naked escapade at Florida hotel

Stars & Stripes ^ | 12/7/15 | Craig Whitlock

[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.

[Celtic Conservative]

Drunken? Yes. Florida? Yes. Nude? No.

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

CC

[I_be_tc]

REAR Admiral.....Snicker, snicker

[Defiant]

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

[MarchonDC09122009]

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?

[drunknsage]

Finally, an explanation for the F35!

[mrsmith]

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

[MPJackal]

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

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yes.

[Georgia Girl 2]

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

[ChiefJayStrongbow]

"Rear Admiral" ... Obama will keep him. heh heh

[tumblindice]

You go fella. Let that freak flag fly!

[Larry Lucido]

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.

[mmichaels1970]

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

[rlmorel]

"...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?

[rrrod]

Just outstanding

[Salvavida]

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.

[kalee]

I can truthfully say that I have not. :)

[MortMan]

Damn the minnows! I need a drink!

[o-n-money]

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

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And who here has never done that?

[hal ogen]

Great “leaders” we have.