Posted on Jul 18, 2015
What do you think of the Glenn Marine Defense scandal and how it is affecting Naval Officers 10 years after the fact?
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3 admirals were forced to retire for improprieties related to the Asian defense contractor led by "Fat Leonard."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-us-admirals-censured-in-fat-leonard-corruption-probe/2015/07/17/7f29ca1a-2b1f-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html?hpid=z5
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-us-admirals-censured-in-fat-leonard-corruption-probe/2015/07/17/7f29ca1a-2b1f-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html?hpid=z5
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They violated Navy ethics policies (as was proven) and in my opinion got what they deserved.
With that said, I served under VADM Branch when he was my CO on the Nimitz during that deployment. I can honestly say I didn't personally see any misdoings, but I was an ADP IT so I didn't see much message traffic or anything like that.
If "Twig" were to call me today and say "IT1 I need you to come out retirement and come work for me" I would in a heartbeat. He was/is the type of Officer I would follow to hell even if I had zero chance of survival I have that much respect for the man and his leadership.
They violated Navy ethics policies (as was proven) and in my opinion got what they deserved.
With that said, I served under VADM Branch when he was my CO on the Nimitz during that deployment. I can honestly say I didn't personally see any misdoings, but I was an ADP IT so I didn't see much message traffic or anything like that.
If "Twig" were to call me today and say "IT1 I need you to come out retirement and come work for me" I would in a heartbeat. He was/is the type of Officer I would follow to hell even if I had zero chance of survival I have that much respect for the man and his leadership.
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I agree they deserved to be punished. I'm just surprised it happened and was so spread across the Navy.
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It speaks to the culture of the service when our most senior leaders think these actions are acceptable!
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I agree. It's definitely not something I would have thought senior leaders would even consider but I am obviously wrong. It's embarrassing.
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Wow! Sounds like some top secret high level "Tailhook, Butt Biting" was going on here...
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