It was a little past ten o'clock, and the weather outside was clear and gusty, typical of winters among the sand pines of coastal North Carolina. The woman—call her Judy—was checking into a new unit. She'd come to CIF to collect her standard issue of combat equipment. While Judy stood among the rows of stacked body armor, Kevlar helmets, and camouflage hiking packs, an infantryman named Brenden McDonel, who was standing a few places behind her in line, pulled out his phone and started surreptitiously taking her photograph.
‘Boys Will Be Boys' Excuse Must Stop: Marine in Nude Pics Scandal
Nude Photos - The Cut
Marine Corps officials have called on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to investigate after it was revealed that images of nude female servicemembers had been shared on Dropbox. Christopher Harrison said Monday. Harrison and Air Force Maj. Carla Gleason, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon, confirmed the new allegations span beyond the Marine Corps and could include all of the military services.
CBS News has learned the investigation has spread to all branches of the military. Business Insider first reported that the scandal is broader than it initially appeared to be in early reports. The website titled Anon-IB first gained notoriety for publishing nude photos of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence. Some of the pictures are pure porn, others are innocent snap shots followed by requests for wins, slang for nude photos.
Credit: U. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis C. Schneider Creative Commons.