SLDN wants harsher penalties in hazing scandal

Dan82 · Jul 31, 2010

http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripe...-harsher-penalties-in-hazing-scandal-1.110284

Officials at the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network are demanding the Secretary of the Navy step in before a senior enlisted sailor dubbed the ringleader of the hazing scandal at the Navy’s Military Working Dog Division in Bahrain is allowed to retire quietly and at full pay.

Last fall Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Toussaint was removed from his leadership post within Naval Special Warfare Group 2 and forced into a retirement track after a two-year investigation confirmed 93 instances of hazing and sex crimes inside the canine unit during Toussaint’s tenure as commander, from 2004 to 2006. That included crimes against former Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Rocha, who was suspected to be gay and was forced by superiors to simulate oral sex on other men.

The delayed investigation was forced by an investigative report by Youth Radio, exposing inaction in the case. In February a retirement board recommended that Toussaint retire this summer at full pay in his current rank, which he was promoted to following his time in Bahrain. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at the time told SLDN (a gay rights advocacy group) that he supported both the administrative action taken against Toussaint and the retirment recommendation.
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SLDN wants harsher penalties in hazing scandal

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