A female Marine officer made history Monday by becoming the first woman to graduate from the U.S. Marines Corps’ demanding Infantry Officer Course. The lieutenant, who wants to keep her identity private, successfully completed the 13-week training in Quantico, Virginia, becoming the U.S.’s first
Mar 10, 2017 · This military-wide message board came to light just days after the exposure of a Facebook group called Marines United, which included nearly 30,000 active duty and retired Marines, some of whom shared nude photos of female Marines along with raunchy and sexually violent comments.
Mar 05, 2017 · The U.S. Marine Corps is investigating a veteran’s allegations that military personnel and other veterans distributed nude photos of female colleagues and other women as part of a social media network that promotes sexual . Hundreds of Marines may be caught up in the scandal, the Marine
Some female Marines were sent screenshots of nude and private pictures of themselves from concerned colleagues. A few would get texts from their friends alerting them to what was online. Others found vulgar messages from strangers in their inboxes. The red flags were different, but the revelation
Veterans and Jacksonville residents on Monday called a website on which the nude photos of some female Marines were posted without their knowledge reprehensible, degrading and dangerous.
In what one observer called “weaponized” sexual harassment, members of a Facebook group called Marines United crowdsourced thousands of images of hundreds of naked servicewomen, including selfies, creepshots, and intimate photos.
Mar 05, 2017 · The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has opened an investigation into the online posting of potentially hundreds of explicit photos of current and former female Marines and other service members, CNN has confirmed.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller on Thursday said one service member could face a court-martial and another has been discharged following the military branch’s nude-photo-sharing scandal reveal in March.
The Marines Corps’ culture also has more intangible barriers to female integration, including a tightly-knit social fabric that values comradery and manhood amongst male Marines at the expense and sidelining of women, said Nora Bensahel, an expert on defense at American University.
The practice of sharing such photos goes far beyond the Corps — nude photos of female service members from every military branch have been posted online.
