ROK Naval Officers Investigated for Trying to Stop Report of Sexual Harassment
It looks like the ROK military has another high profile sexual harassment case:
An allegation was raised against a Navy field officer who asked a female soldier, “Are you out of your mind?” and tried to silence her when she tried to report sexual harassment. The Ministry of National Defense launched an investigation following the belated allegation. The victim, who was sent to another workplace shortly after her report, later suffered secondary victimization from other senior officers and eventually chose to leave the Navy.
According to the Kyunghyang Shinmun coverage on January 27, A, a female soldier of a lower Navy unit was sexually harassed by Sergeant B, her supervisor, several times from July 2017 to January 2018. Sergeant B rolled up his short pants and showed his underwear to A in the office where the two were alone. When A spent the night off base, B even told her to report where, with whom, and how she spent the night. A argued that B also instigated bullying within the unit and tormented her in addition to the sexual harassment.
In March 2018, A sought the counsel of the chief master sergeant on this issue, but had to suffer disadvantages. The officers in charge of the unit transferred A from her previous workplace, the executive office, to a small lounge next to a food waste collection area. The lounge was not equipped with any office equipment, such as a telephone and a printer, and it had no heating or air conditioning. Meanwhile, her assailant B continued to work in his office, subject to no personnel measures.
On May 8 that same year, A made an official report and asked Lieutenant Colonel C (battalion commander) who was the commanding officer of the unit at the time, to report her case to the upper unit and punish Sergeant B.
Kyunghyang Shinmun
You can read the rest at the link, but the battalion commander proceeded to try and prevent the victim from reporting. Ultimately she was able to report and her harasser was removed from the military. However, now the battalion commander and the operations officer are being investigated for trying to prevent her reporting.
Those two officers, if the charges are proven, ought to at least be removed from the service after some sort of demotion. Not sure how the Koreans do it; but defending perverts is best left to CNN.
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She saw his underwear?
The horrors of war know no bounds.
I’ve seen a lot through the years. Usually when I see/hear of someone moved to be “away from others” and with a history of transfers…they’re the problem. There is usually much context missing (in the alleged victim’s statements) in these matters.
There was an Alaskan air pilot who reported a Captain for assault on a trip, years ago. The front page had a picture of her in uniform, looking professional, and him looking bleary eyed, toasting the camera with a solo cup. I thought this was very “unbalanced” as far as a media portrayal went…put it up in a Facebook forum and the overwhelming consensus was there was nothing wrong with that photo.
Okay, he was fired and she eventually had to leave the airline and flew for another. Within a few weeks, she’d already accused another captain at the other airline of assault. There is usually a pattern with these things.
Technically, there is nothing wrong with women in the military…
…but they have to be able to prove themselves to the friendlies before they are entrusted to face the enemy.
There just isn’t much confidence in “but he showed me his underwear!” Does any military really need this type of person? Even if they were not in the wrong, their presence is a force divider.
“Nice try, faggot. Now put your little dìck back in your pants before I show you the end you have never seen before,” is the attitude needed for military success.
Focus that on the enemy and you win wars.
CH for the win.