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Fired Navy Captain created ‘toxic’ climate, grabbed and struck crew on duty
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Posted on 01/29/2024 9:27:10 PM PST by 11th_VA

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She sounds like my old XO from 50 years ago
1 posted on 01/29/2024 9:27:10 PM PST by 11th_VA
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Your old XO was also a bitter, nasty lesbian?


2 posted on 01/29/2024 9:33:25 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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The pic looks like a dude.


3 posted on 01/29/2024 9:33:31 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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Wow, BAD news about a female Naval OFFICER.
I wonder if her story will wind up on one of the Blue Blood or Law and Order shows. Sounds like a SHOE-IN for a good story.

I wonder if it's true.

I just learned that the ENTIRE "Sybil" story was phony.
Oh well. Life is full of lies and liars.

4 posted on 01/29/2024 9:34:38 PM PST by cloudmountain
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Visiting San Diego, I watched a female (in appearance) USCG senior petty officer barking orders.

She sounded like a teenage girl on a playground, yelling.

She did not sound trustworthy.


5 posted on 01/29/2024 9:34:48 PM PST by linMcHlp
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I’d say that’s just a man pretending to be a woman.


6 posted on 01/29/2024 9:35:04 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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From Article: In November 2022, as the ship sailed near San Diego, the Conning Officer had trouble hearing a helmsman repeating back steering orders (the redacted report did not identify any crewmembers by name).

“When [the officer] did not hear the helmsman’s repeat-back, [DeFant] smacked [the officer] on her collar bone and said ‘Pay attention.'” The officer said the smack did not hurt but “freaked her out” and she momentarily considered leaving her post by turning the conn over to DeFant. Several crew on the bridge confirmed the incident to investigators.

DeFant told investigators she did not recall this incident.

Another time, DeFant was on the bridge as the ship was mooring to a buoy off San Diego, with one officer serving in the conning position and another as the Officer of the Deck, or OOD, the role that directly oversees a ship’s watch.

As the ship maneuvered, DeFant aske, “Do I have a safe bearing?”

The Conning Officer responded in the affirmative — a response which, according to several witnesses cited in the report, set off DeFant.

“In response, [DeFant] approached [the Conning Officer], grabbed him by his uniform near his collar, pulled him towards her, and whispered in his ear, ‘Was I talking to you…You’re not the [OOD] …I was talking to the OOD…don’t ever interrupt me again’ or words to that effect.”

DeFant told investigators she recalled grabbing the officer “on his arm in an effort to re-focus his attention.”

7 posted on 01/29/2024 9:35:13 PM PST by 11th_VA (Celebrate Climate Change !!!)
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This really sounds like my old XO - I hated mooring duty


8 posted on 01/29/2024 9:37:13 PM PST by 11th_VA (Celebrate Climate Change !!!)
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I’d have hated to be her cabin girl.


9 posted on 01/29/2024 9:44:19 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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At least this lezzie kook was stopped before she wrecked her Navy ship.


10 posted on 01/29/2024 9:50:06 PM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Every day is a new dayt)
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Her time of the month was from the 1st to the 31st.


11 posted on 01/29/2024 9:53:17 PM PST by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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She was lucky she was not personally sabotaged and/or “disalpeared” by some foolhardy enlisted man who would have been paid by an officer. Lots can happen to. crew when you’re underway. It’s like a floating city, virtually cut off from shore


12 posted on 01/29/2024 9:53:53 PM PST by lee martell
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It’s my option she already did harm to the Navy by her conduct. I think some sailors left the ship or Navy service when they could have been of good use for the Navy. I effect she wrecked her ship.


13 posted on 01/29/2024 9:54:56 PM PST by Redcitizen
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Did she have a husband or a wife?


14 posted on 01/29/2024 9:55:01 PM PST by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: 11th_VA
Nothing a good scrub and a hint of lip gloss wouldn't fix:


15 posted on 01/29/2024 9:56:40 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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I’d say that’s just a man pretending to be a woman.

Just the opposite, I'd say.

16 posted on 01/29/2024 9:57:35 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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DIE should Die....


17 posted on 01/29/2024 9:59:10 PM PST by Paladin2
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“When [the officer] did not hear the helmsman’s repeat-back, [DeFant] smacked [the officer] on her collar bone and said ‘Pay attention.'” The officer said the smack did not hurt but “freaked her out” and she momentarily considered leaving her post by turning the conn over to DeFant. Several crew on the bridge confirmed the incident to investigators.

The Captain should not have to lay hands on the crew to command their respect. That said, this officer who was 'smacked' on her collar bone in a way that 'didn't hurt' but left her so upset she wanted to flee from her position is a bit disturbing when you think this is someone we expect to be cool under fire in a conflict.

I've worked on USN and international naval shipbuilding programs off and on for the past 30 years and know a lot of naval officers from flag level down, men and women, but I never served and never went to sea so I'll accept if someone who has tells me I'm off base. But that's how it seems to me.

18 posted on 01/29/2024 10:00:15 PM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: Albion Wilde

I would prefer that all members of our military, would limit the number of ribbons, to 3, and the number of metal insignia (such as Surface Warfare, Wings, etc.) to 1.

Each member of the military, gets his/her choice re which ribbons to wear.


19 posted on 01/29/2024 10:05:00 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: 11th_VA

I don’t know how things are generally handled, but for a
woman to do this is terrible. Using the gender to avoid
a strike back, even the hint of that, is about as bad as
it could get, baring long term injury or a fatality.

Guys who have served, have you seen men operate in this
manner? I would certainly hope not.


20 posted on 01/29/2024 10:07:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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