US Navy torpedoes nude photo sharing by soldiers Servicemen posted images of female Marines

Washington, April 20: The US Navy announced on Wednesday new regulations that make it a punishable offence for sailors and Marines to post nude pictures of service members online without consent.

The new regulations are a direct result of the recent scandal involving male Marines and sailors who posted nude photos of female Marines online. Engaging in such activity now carries the potential for criminal charges.

On Tuesday, acting Navy secretary Sean Stackley announced the new regulations in a Navy-wide written message. The new rules went into effect immediately and will be formally included in the next printing of the Navy’s regulations.

“The wrongful distribution

Navy regulations serve to underscore leadership’s commitment to eliminating degrading behaviour Dawn Cutler, Rear Admiral

or broadcasting of an intimate image is prohibited” under the new regulations.

The online posting of intimate photos is considered “wrongful” if done without the consent of the person in the image. “Navy regulations serve to underscore leadership’s commitment to eliminating degrading behaviour that erode trust and weaken the Navy and Marine Corps Team,” the Navy’s chief spokesperson, Rear Admiral Dawn Cutler, said in a statement.

The military online nude photo sharing scandal came to light in March when it was disclosed that a link to possibly hundreds of explicit photos of female Marines had been posted on the Marines United Facebook page by current or former male Marines.

While that page had 30,000 members, a subsequent review determined that only a small number of individuals were actively involved in sharing nude photos of female Marines.

The scandal led the military services to scour other websites for illicit photos of female service members that may have been posted without their consent.