Navy censures officer for anti-gay hazing

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/07/24/Navy-censures-officer-for-anti-gay-hazing/UPI-23151311534864/

NORFOLK, Va., July 24 (UPI) -- A former U.S. Navy commander has been censured for allowing a subordinate to be tagged with anti-gay slurs, records show.

Cmdr. Liam Bruen ran Strike Fighter Squadron 136 at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., at the time of the August 2009 incident. He was promoted to a ranking post on the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis before abruptly retiring in May, The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot reports.

At a meeting to pick call signs for new officers, Ensign Steve Crowston, a Dallas Cowboys fan, was given the call sign (quarterback Tony) "Romo's Bitch." Other tags considered for him were "Fagmeister" and "Gay boy."

Crowston filed a complaint, and the Navy inspector general ruled the incident constituted hazing, sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.



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[keopeli]

1. Good. Now this needs to happen BEFORE the complaint has to be made.

[joeybee12]

2. Hmmm...took them 2 years to censure the guy...

Methinks they wanted it to go away and then realized it wouldn't.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. The abrupt retirement was a clue that it was coming

[WhiteTara]

3. One more bastard bites the dust. n/t

[William769]

5. I guess the jokes on him.

Rec.

[jtrockville]

6. It does, indeed, get better!

[RetiredTrotskyite]

7. Yep

Indeed it does. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.