Plenty of Blame

| August 9, 2019

Real lemons

Just my view here, before you read this: I blame both of them. Him, because GUY-stuff, and her, because her lack of common sense about fraternization is evident. But he gets canned and she moves on.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/06/21/heres-what-the-investigation-into-a-fired-marine-corps-co-found/

“The top officer of a Marine Corps aviation unit was canned in April after an investigator ruled that he fraternized with and sexually harassed a married sergeant, according to a command investigation obtained by Military Times.

Lt. Col. Christopher Kinsey had commanded the Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training-Marine Unit New River in North Carolina since 2017. Naval Education and Training Command announced his relief last month. – article

What part of saying “NO, thank you” to his invitations did she not get into that apparently dormant organ she has for a brain? All she had to do was stop acting like a schoolgirl with a crush on Paul McCartney. (I’m guessing about that, but it’s apt.)

No, it’s not okay for him to be so “friendly”, especially since she is enlisted. It’s also not okay for her to pal around with him the way she did, especially if she thought it would get her promoted faster. So I blame both of them, and I want my tax money back.

“The investigator chides Kinsey for his “casual and friendly text messages” with the Marine during the day, night and weekends.

“These are inappropriate communications between a commanding officer and a (Marine) within his chain-of-command,” the report states.

The sergeant was “enamored and attracted to her Commanding Officer, LtCol Kinsey, with an aspiration to gain his attention and approval,” the report states.”  – article.

According to this article, he was a good officer, and she was a good NCO. I will not guess who took things too far, but there is one place in the article which says that she texted him first after a bout with alcohol, late in the day.

Read the whole thing. There’s plenty of blame to go around with both of them. It is not, and never has been, a good idea to fool around with someone your work for, or who works for you.

I’ll go back to sharpening pencils. now.

Category: "Teh Stoopid", "The Floggings Will Continue Until Morale Improves", Marines

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5th/77th FA

God gave man 2 heads but only enough blood to operate one at a time. That was the LtCol’s problem.

The married girl SGT was acting like what we used to call a “prick tease.”

TWO Dumbasses! Him allowing her to lead him into temptation. She by leading him into temptation

rgr769

Plus, the little head seems to get more blood every time the subject dude consumes another drink. While drinking, the little head seems to make all the bad decisions.

Club Manager

I remember the sage advice of my E-9 when I was a young hotshot E-6 club management trainee stud. He said, “NEVER put it in the cash register”. That advice served me well and maybe should be included in all officer and NCO orientations.

Comm Center Rat

I wonder if LtCol Kinsey is related to Alfred Kinsey, the creator of the Kinsey scale and known as “the father of the sexual revolution.” Perhaps the Marine officer was conducting some experiential field studies to broaden our knowledge of sexual dynamics in the profession of arms. Time for Kinsey to retire and go play in the civilian realm where nobody will care he was once a hero but now a zero.

Toxic Deplorable Racist B Woodman

“Always friendly, never friends”.
That little bit of sage advice would have served them both well.

OAE CPO USN Ret

Keep your reproductive organs out of the muster report!

How difficult is it to comprehend that concept?

MI Ranger

Before the Army joined the rest of the force in saying to Officers “though shalt not fraternize”, we were able to associate freely with Enlisted as long as they were not in our chain of command. I deployed with my MI platoon (which included females), to an area where we lived on the economy and wore civilian clothes to work. It was nice being able to go out and have a meal or see some entertainment as a group. When I returned I was told the policy had changed, and I had to get permission to play golf with my Platoon Sergeant.
I learned quickly to ask anyone in a club if they spoke English if they were in the military. If I did anything with others find a chaperone or someone was going to say it was a date! LtCol Kinsey’s mistake was being alone with this young lady regardless of how innocent HE thought it was.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

As Curtis Sliwa used to say, keep your rocket in your pocket.

CplMajor Mike

Remember, don’t get your meat where you make your bread.