The Marine Corps will not hesitate to court-martial servicemen suspected of posting
nude photos of their female comrades to an invitation-only Facebook page made up of active-duty Marines and veterans, the service's top officer pledged Tuesday.
"Marines have got to understand that using social media to degrade, denigrate, be disrespectful to another Marine is not just not who we are, but it's illegal, and that if you are found doing this then you are potentially
subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice," testified Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Neller on Tuesday called on
female Marines whose photos were shared secretly to the page to come forward and cooperate with the military investigation headed by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Fewer than 10 women have come forward due to backlash on social media for speaking out.
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The biggest issue is within the culture. We haven't addressed the fact, within Marines, that all Marines are Marines," Neller testified. "This issue of denigration of women, objectification of women, misogyny, however you want to articulate it … is tied to the way that some male Marines look at women in the Marines."
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