Well, thanks for letting me know who my friends are.
And yes, I agree, I especially like this one...
32 The Bar / The Lounge / Re: Please remove your child from the premises!!! on: February 28, 2012, 07:52:04 pm
I am all for women in the military that can pull their own weight. I would hold men to the same standard. As an aside I never did understand why PT standards are lower for women.
Anyway, my personal standards took quite a beating my last few years in the military. I attended the infamous tailhook. My friend who was the accused groper had his career ruined before he had a chance to exonerate himself (GrBo). The Commanding officer of the Blue Angels (Cdr S.) had his career ruined when he had his command taken away as a result of unfounded accusations.
Every attendee was interrogated by the IG. It seems that an inordinate percentage of attendees had their careers stunted compared with their contemporaries who did not attend.
In the end not one accusation could be founded, just a lot of career carnage left in the wake. There is more of the tale that I could tell, but the end result for me was, if I saw an unknown female servicemember coming towards me I ducked away far prior to the time we would be close enough to make out each others features or descriptions. I never wanted them to be able to pick me out of a lineup (like they did my friend) just because they recognized me from some previous chance encounter. The ones I worked with on a daily basis, I made sure never to be alone with. Somewhat cowardly, but the almost daily assault of "sexual harassment" training beat me down I must admit. Besides, I came to realize that the tear faucet worked with a lot of superiors.