Diversity Thursday

I. Want. The. Video.

Seriously, send it in - I will keep you anon - and I will publish it here.

Let us all see the horror.
(NB: this is an UNCLAS OPREP that is all out there on the intertubes - though I have slightly modified it -- just because - so get off my back B2)

O 302030Z NOV 08
FM CTF xx
TO COMSECONDFLT
COMUSNAVCENT
COMFIFTHFLT
COMNAVAIRLANT NORFOLK VA//00//
COMNAVAIRLANT NORFOLK VA//00//
INFO COMCARSTRKGRU NUM
COMCARAIRWING NUM
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UNCLAS OPER/ENDURING FREEDOM// MSGID/OPREP 3NUS,USMTF,2007/CTFxx/004/NOV/INI// REF/A/DESC:DOC/CNO/18APR2008//
REF/B/DESC:DOC/CUSNAVCENT-C5F/18JAN2008//
REF/C/DESC:CON/CTF 50/30NOV2008//
NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 3100.6H SPECIAL INCIDENT REPORTING.
REF B IS CUSNAVCENT-C5F OPORD 1000-07.
REF C IS CTF xx INITIAL REPORT TO CxF VIA SIPRNET CHAT.// FLAGWORD/NAVY UNIT SITREP/-// UNCLAS
TIMELOC/281700ZNOV2008/2333N1-06211E0/INIT//
GENTEXT/INCIDENT IDENTIFICATION AND DETAILS/ INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.//
RMKS/1. INCIDENT: INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR 2.
DATE: 28NOV2008 3. TIME: 1700Z/2100D 4. LOCATION: 2333N1-06211E0 5. DESCRIPTION:
A. ON THE EVENING OF 28 NOV, CVW-X CONDUCTED A "FO'C'SLE FOLLIES" ABOARD USS DEAD PRESIDENT. TOWARD THE END OF THE "FOLLIES," VFA-xx SHOWED AN INAPPROPRIATE VIDEO THAT INCLUDED A SCENE WHEREIN A FEMALE OFFICER, WHO HAD BEEN SURREPTITIOUSLY FILMED IN THE WARDROOM EATING DINNER, WAS EDITED TO SEEM SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE. THIS OCCURRED DESPITE CLEAR AND REPEATED DIRECTION FROM THE STRIKE GROUP COMMANDER AND AIR WING COMMANDER TO KEEP THE CONTENT OF THE VIDEOS CLEAN AND DECENT. SQUADRON COMMANDING OFFICERS WERE DIRECTED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE ALL VIDEOS BEFORE BEING SHOWN.
B. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FO'C'SLE FOLLIES, CCSG-x DIRECTED THE AIRWING COMMANDER TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE THE MATTER AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE STRIKE GROUP COMMANDER ALSO DIRECTED THAT APOLOGIES BE MADE TO THE FEMALE OFFICER BY THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIDEO.
C. ON THE MORNING OF 29 NOV, THE FEMALE OFFICER, WHO WAS NOT PRESENT AT FO'C'SLE FOLLIES, WAS NOTIFIED BY THE AIRWING COMMANDER, THE DESRON CSO, AND THE VFA-xx CO AND XO OF THE VIDEO AND APOLOGIES WERE OFFERED. AT HER REQUEST, SHE VIEWED THE VIDEO.
D. ON 30 NOV, THE AIRWING COMMANDER HELD NJP FOR THE THREE JUNIOR OFFICERS WHO MADE THE VIDEO. THEY EACH RECEIVED A NON-PUNITIVE LETTER OF REPRIMAND. THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THAT GROUP WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DETACHED FROM THE AIRWING AND SENT BACK TO CONUS ON THE FIRST AVAILABLE COD. ADDITIONALLY, THE
VFA-xx SQUADRON COMMANDING OFFICER, WHO HAD REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE VIDEO FOR SHOWING, RECEIVED A LETTER OF INSTRUCTION THAT DIRECTED HIM TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO CORRECT THE COMMAND CLIMATE IN VFA-xx.
E. ALSO ON 30 NOV, CCSG-x NOTIFIED CxF OF THE INCIDENT AND REQUESTED AN OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE BE SENT TO THE CARRIER TO REVIEW ALL ACTIONS TAKEN AND PRESCRIBE ANY FURTHER STEPS NEEDED.
F. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE INCLUDE: THE AIRWING COMMANDER COUNSELED THE ASSEMBLED VFA-xx WARDROOM CONCERNING THE INAPPROPRIATENESS OF THE VIDEO'S CONTENT; A COMMAND CLIMATE SURVEY HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE AIRWING; A MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY SURVEY HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR VFA-xx, AND ALL FUTURE FO'C'SLE FOLLIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRIKE GROUP AND AIRWING COMMANDERS WILL ALSO ADDRESS ALL CVW-x OFFICERS CONCERNING THIS ISSUE ON 05 DEC, THE NEXT NO-FLY DAY.
6. MEDIA INTEREST: POSSIBLE.
7. ABLE TO CONTINUE PRESENT MISSION.
8. POC: LCDR THE JAG CCSGx JUDGE ADVOCATE,
THEJAG(AT)CVNxx.NAVY.SMIL.MIL/COM: 757.443.xxxx/DSN:
312.646.xxxx.//
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Are you sure about Para 7? LBG, I need a hug.

It would be nice if we gave that much effort to those in the Potomac Flotilla who have been at the shipbuilding helm for the last decade or so.

Skippy - let's go get a drink.

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UPDATE: For those who want names named, here is the NavyTimes write-up.

Hat tip "G."