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The leadership vacuum behind the Marine Corps' massive nude-photo scandal
In a recent article, The leadership vacuum behind the Marine Corps’ massive nude-photo scandal, appearing in the Business Insider the author, Paul Szoldra, accuses the United States Marine Corps of having a void at the top of the leadership chain. Leaders who have turned a blind eye to the harassment and humiliation of enlisted women under their command. This is not a case of boys being boys it is a colossal case of lack of leadership and the old don’t ask don’t tell mentality the military likes to employ when it doesn’t want to address an issue.
The issue highlighted by Thomas Brennan and reported on the Revel News website involves hundreds, possibly thousands, of nude photographs of female marines and veterans on a social media website. “Since Jan. 30, more than two dozen women – many on active duty, including officers and enlisted service members – have been identified by their full name, rank and military duty station in photographs posted and linked to from a private Facebook page” (Brennen, …show more content…
I say the top military leaders need to step up into their normal coercive leadership style and define in no uncertain terms what types of behavior towards female Marines is expected and make hard and fast examples of military or civilian personnel working with the Marines that have demonstrated harassing or humiliating behavior towards others within the corps. This situation requires strong, unwavering leadership and if General Robert Neller cannot muster up the coercive or the, less in your face, authoritative style of leadership to deliver the appropriate message through example and commitment to the cause of equal treatment to women within the corps then his leadership needs to step in with a

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