[From article]
The filming wasn't a one-off or a prank. It was a sophisticated and repeated invasion of privacy, where male Wyoming sailors acted as lookouts while a friend filmed female shipmates undressing with cell phones or an iPod Touch — both of which are banned aboard the sub.
One sailor admitted that he and a male peer rushed to secretly record each female midshipman while she was in the shower changing room. They filmed every woman each time she took a shower during the three-month patrol, he said — several times a day, according to a new report.
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Of the 12 sailors who had known about the videos — filmed, distributed, watched or heard about them — eight were court-martialed (one was acquitted), three went to captain's mast, and one was released with no charges.
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The filming had gone on for nearly a year, investigators would come to learn, with videos of up to four of the women assigned to the boat as well as midshipmen on cruise during two patrols with Wyoming, from August to November 2013 and March to June 2014. Three sailors filmed the women and distributed the short recordings; two admitted their guilt and one was implicated by another sailor.
The videos and images were recorded on two cellphones and one iPod Touch
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The CO of the Wyoming Gold crew of about 160 sailors banned all devices with screens under 7 inches from secret spaces like control and engineering rooms. That move effectively prohibited all cell phones and iPods.
NCIS recovered seven videos of women assigned to Wyoming. Everything else had been deleted, including videos of female midshipmen on cruise with Wyoming.
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"This was a deliberate criminal activity taken by a handful of sailors and I find no indication that the leadership environment of either command was culpable in creating an environment that contributed to this insidious incident," Houston wrote.
http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2015/12/08/report-sailor-ring-repeatedly-filmed-undressing-women-sub/75924474/
Report: Sailor ring repeatedly filmed undressing women on sub
By Meghann Myers, Staff writer
11:41 a.m. EST December 10, 2015
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