{"id":125903,"date":"2022-05-19T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=125903"},"modified":"2022-05-18T21:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T01:43:52","slug":"captain-motorboats-subordinate-during-promotion-ceremony-is-allowed-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=125903","title":{"rendered":"Captain motorboats subordinate during promotion ceremony, is allowed to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CPT Billy Joe Crosby Jr (Louisiana Army National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How this happens in 2022 is just amazing. The article says this guy is a mustang officer who participated in the Invasion of Panama. So he’s been in the Army for 30 years or more. Has this been OK at any point in that time? From the officer in command of an outpost no less.<\/p>\n

Army Times has the story<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A former Louisiana National Guard officer was allowed to retire after a general court-martial convicted him of charges stemming from \u201cmotorboating\u201d a subordinate soldier during an informal promotion ceremony while deployed to Jordan in May 2021, Army Times has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Capt. Billy Joe Crosby Jr., a logistics officer who was overseas with the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during its recent deployment, was initially charged with abusive sexual contact and conduct unbecoming an officer, according to court records obtained by Army Times. Crosby was the officer-in-charge of an outpost in Jordan.<\/p>\n

Maj. Jessica Rovero, a spokesperson for the command overseeing the trial, told Army Times in a statement that Crosby\u2019s \u201cbehavior is not in line with the Army values.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rovero added that \u201cmultiple Soldiers immediately reported the behavior, and Crosby pled guilty at trial.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guilty plea came with strings attached, though.<\/p>\n

The officer struck a deal that erased the abusive sexual contact charge. He pled guilty to assault consummated by battery \u2014 a non-sexual offense \u2014 and conduct unbecoming, records reveal.<\/p>\n

Crosby, a prior enlisted soldier who participated in the 1989 invasion of Panama, was confined for 30 days. The plea deal also prevented the judge from dismissing him from the Army, which would have kept him from collecting his retirement.<\/p>\n

A Louisiana National Guard spokesperson, Lt. Col. Noel Collins, confirmed that Crosby retired March 31 after completing his confinement and returning home.<\/p>\n

Crosby did not respond to an emailed request for comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what was it he did? Get a load of the stones on this fella;<\/p>\n

When he learned that the junior soldier was selected for promotion, Crosby reportedly announced to her twice that he intended to \u201cmotorboat\u201d her during her promotion ceremony because the Army Combat Uniform\u2019s chest-placed rank patch was intended for such actions.<\/p>\n

An NCO witnessed both statements, according to a motion filed by prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors described \u201cmotorboating\u201d as \u201cwhen a person places his or her face between a [woman]\u2019s breasts and shakes his or her head back and forth while making sounds resembling a boat motor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weeks before the assault, Crosby also told the NCO that he wanted to bring the junior soldier with him on a driving trip to another base in Jordan. The NCO told investigators that Crosby requested the soldier\u2019s company because \u201che liked looking at her tits.\u201d<\/p>\n

The junior soldier told Crosby the day before the assault that she did not want a promotion ceremony.<\/p>\n

But during work the following day, according to a prosecution motion, Crosby \u201capproached [the junior soldier], told her to stand up, placed the rank in front of her chest, leaned in the grab the rank with his teeth…then placed his face between [the junior soldier]\u2019s breasts…[and] vigorously moved his head from side to side between [her] breasts while still holding the rank with his teeth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Totally normal behavior, right? #MeToo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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