Too funny: Clarke says that Massa's roommate, Tom Maxfield, was also assaulted. "Tom lived on upper bunk," Clarke say. "When you're on ship, you're almost exhausted 24-7. So a lot of times you sleep with your uniform on. Tom and Massa shared a stateroom together. Massa climbed up on the top of his bunk, which is hard to do--you never crawl up on somebody else's bunk. He wakes up to Massa undoing his pants trying to snorkel him." Ron Moss also confirmed hearing this story from Maxfield. Maxfield did not return calls and messages left for him--I'll update if he does.A couple of observations: 1) I'm not sure exactly what snorkeling is, in this context, though I can kind of guess. Kudos to the Navy for having such awesome slang. 2) Reading through some of these allegations, I'm a little disappointed in the Navy's officer class. Someone gropes you, and it bothers you enough that you tell the story of the groping to one or more of your fellow officers but don't bring it up the chain of command, I say the problem is with you. You should not be a leader of men. Or of women. Or of lemmings off of a cliff. 3) If DADT is ended, the Navy will have to do a much better job of making sailors understand a) that stuff like this is improper and b) it is their duty to report it. If officers behave like this (and are cowed like this) then what must it be like for the enlisted who have to work for them? Fail. -- UP
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