The group had hundreds, possibly thousands of explicit photos of unsuspecting servicewomen, some who were on active duty.Īfter the existence of the group was made public, members have been redirected to new pages, including one titled Marines United 2, or MU2. The message board came to light days after the story of women whose nude photos were posted in the Facebook group 'Marines United' gained national attention. In the posts, male members of the Air Force, Army, Marines, and Navy ask their peers to share naked photographs of their female colleagues, which they refer to as “wins.” (They reportedly also target specific women by first sharing clothed Instagram photos of specific women, later asking for “any wins?”) CBS News reports that Marine officials say there are at least half a dozen more sites like this, and original photos from the Marines United Facebook page are reportedly available on Dropbox and Google Drive.A website, titled Anon-IB contains a message board for military personnel to exchange comments and crude photos of female service members, or partners of service members The BBC discovered a military message board featuring hundreds more nude photos of servicewomen from several other branches of the military. The scandal took a turn for the worse yesterday when it was discovered that the practice of sharing lewd photos extended far beyond one secret Facebook group. “Officials within the Defense Department confirmed it also puts service members at risk for blackmail and jeopardizes national security.” “It underscores ongoing problems of sexual harassment within military ranks and could hurt recruitment of women,” Brennan wrote.
The scandal was first uncovered by a former Marine called Thomas Brennan, who broke the news on the military news site The War Horse, and on the Center for Investigative Reporting’s website Reveal. The Facebook group Marines United, which has since been taken down, had among its members nearly 30,000 active duty and retired Marines, who reportedly posted nude and semi-nude photos of their female counterparts, along with their full names and ranks.
In this week’s story of toxic masculinity at its worst, a Defense Department investigation into a secret Facebook page allegedly operated by some members of the Marines has uncovered thousands of nude photographs of several dozens of female service members taken without their consent.
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