Service members alleged to have posted nude photos of their female colleagues on social media committed an “egregious violation” against the department’s values, the defense secretary, James Mattis, said on Friday. A former lance corporal told the Guardian this week that pictures of her in a bikini had been posted on three private Facebook pages similar to Marines United. Gen Robert Neller of the Marine Corps said on Friday that the Marines United investigation must be done “carefully”. Thomas Brennan, founder of the nonprofit military news site, The War Horse, first reported Marines United to the Marines and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), which is investigating the Facebook page. More than 30,000 current and former marines followed the page, according to an internal Marine Corps document obtained by the Associated Press.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2017 21:26 UTC