Thornberry on DOD Investigation into Social Media Site

Washington, DC, March 5, 2017
WASHINGTON -Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following comments in response to a report that DoD is investigating allegations that social media was used to distribute nude photos of female service personnel:

Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following comments in response to a report that DoD is investigating allegations that social media was used to distribute nude photos of female service personnel:

"Revelations of this sort of treatment against fellow Marines are troubling. Degrading behavior of this kind is entirely unacceptable. They and the nation deserve better. I expect the Marine Corps to investigate this matter fully with appropriate consequences for those who willingly participated."