Military Boys Club Takes Fellow Women Photos To Dark Web

Writing for The Daily Beast, James LaPorta says that nude photos of US military servicemembers, originally shared in Facebook's Marines United 214 group, are now listed for sale on the dark web. 

As the reporting continues into the nude-photo scandal plaguing the Pentagon, The Daily Beast has learned that some of the Marines United descendant groups are not connected to the U.S. military at all, but are copycat groups set up by foreign nationals to profit from the original group’s notoriety. On the private Facebook group Marines United 214, requests for nude photographs are met with demands for payment and links to the dark-web marketplace AlphaBay, where the photo-sets are listed for sale.

This article goes deep into the details of the fallout from the recent military scandal involving military women. Misogyny much? 

Col Kristin Goodwin, Openly Gay & Second Woman, Appointed Commandant Of US Air Force Academy

Col Kristin Goodwin, Openly Gay & Second Woman, Appointed Commandant Of US Air Force Academy

Col. Kristin Goodwin, an openly LGBT officer, has been appointed to become commandant of the US Air Force Academy, the first gay person and only the second woman to occupy the position. On March 21, Air Force Times reported the Goodwin appointment, one that requires Senate confirmation writes Samanatha Allen for The Daily Beast. 

LifeSiteNews declared a pending catastrophe with the headline Lesbian with 'wife' and two kids selected to lead U.S. Air Force Academy, while relaying complaints from the Pray in Jesus Name Project.

During his confirmation hearings, US Secy of Defense Jim Mattis said, “I have never cared much about two consenting adults and who they go to bed with.” Goodwin also has “outstanding service and leadership credentials,” as a U.S. Air Force Academy spokesperson told the Air Force Times. And Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—the policy prohibiting open military service by gay men, lesbians, and bisexual people—was repealed well over five years ago.

Col Kristin Goodwin, Openly Gay & Second Woman, Appointed Commandant Of US Air Force Academy

Savannah Cunningham, In Center Of Marine Online Misogyny Scandal, Starts Basic Training In April

Controversy has swirled around Savannah Cunningham, who has long aspired to become a Marine, for months. Savannah was the subject of lewd messages from men as she also learned that an all-male group of Marines was circulating a nude video of her on Facebook, thanks to a former boyfriend. 

"It was such a creepy invasion of privacy," Savannah told theNew York Times. "They were actively seeking nude images of me, anything they could get their hands on."

Most likely a majority of women would turn and run when confronted with this raw misogyny in Marine culture. Not Savannah. Cunningham ships off to basic training the first week of April. Checking on her Twitter feed, on March 4 -- just as news of the Marine scandal was breaking, Sav Cunningham posted: "Very happy, excited, & humbled right now. I am the top female poolee in all of Arizona. "

“Someone needs to stand up and say this does not represent the values of the Marine Corps,” Savannah said. “If not me, then who? Yes, for a long time it was a boys’ club, but there needs to be progress.” Read on In-Depth.