The photographs were shared on the Facebook page "Marines United," which had a membership of active-duty and retired male Marines, Navy Corpsman and British Royal Marines. Maj. Ronald L. Green, the top enlisted man in the Marine Corps, said: "These negative behaviors are absolutely contrary to what we represent." The activity was revealed by The War Horse, a nonprofit news organization run by Marine veteran Thomas Brennan. "We are thankful that Thomas Brennan, a Marine veteran, notified the Marine Corps and NCIS about what he witnessed on the 'Marines United' page," Marine Corps spokesman Capt. The social media accounts behind the sharing have been deleted by Facebook and Google at the Marine Corps' request.

Source: ABC News March 05, 2017 22:35 UTC