{"id":70688,"date":"2017-03-06T09:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T14:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70688"},"modified":"2017-03-06T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T14:29:45","slug":"marines-united-a-photo-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70688","title":{"rendered":"Marines United; A photo scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of people have sent us links to the Marine Corps Times<\/a> article about The War Horse<\/a> founder, Thomas Brennan, an Iraq and Afghanistan combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient who exposed the Facebook group, Marines United, a group of about 30,000 largely US and Royal Marines, which allegedly published photos of naked female Marines. Some of the photos were taken when the subject was unaware, while others were meant to be private communications.<\/p>\n

After its publication, several members of the Facebook group lashed out at Brennan, making threats against him and his family.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

There’s a “bounty on pictures of my daughter,” Brennan told Marine Corps Times. “It has been suggested that my wife should be raped as a result of this, and people are openly suggesting I should be killed. … Can you imagine being one of the victims?” <\/p>\n

The story was “exhaustively researched,” he added, noting that the Defense Department is conducting an investigation “to ensure the victims receive justice” and no one else falls prey. <\/p>\n

“As a Marine veteran,” Brennan said, “I stand by the code: honor, courage and commitment. This story was published with the intention of standing up for what is right and staying true to the leadership principle of looking out for Marines and their families.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of the five services, the Marine Corps seems to have the hardest time adapting to social media. All of the branches have had their troubles, but the Marines have had the most problems, from the posting of videos depicting snipers urinating on Taliban corpses to this latest scandal.<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps is conducting an investigation;<\/p>\n

A Marine Corps spokesman at the Pentagon confirmed that an investigation is underway, telling Marine Corps Times on Saturday night that military officials are uncertain how many personnel may be involved. The spokesman, Maj. Clark Carpenter, referred additional questions to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, but that agency’s spokesman was not immediately available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don’t blame your bad behavior on the people who exposed it.<\/p>\n

My advice; don’t do anything on the internet that you wouldn’t do in front of your mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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