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ORIGINAL: farglebargle

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ORIGINAL: DomAviator
There already is one its called "Las Vegas" LOL What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - which is why they should move Tailhook there!

Or -- Maybe not *again*...

They raped SEVEN GUYS! In a town FULL OF HOOKERS.

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In September 1991, the 35th annual symposium in Las Vegas featured a two-day debrief on Navy and Marine Corps aviation in Operation Desert Storm. It was the largest such meeting yet held, with some 4,000 attendees: active, reserve, and retired personnel.

According to a Department of Defense report, 83 women and 7 men stated that they had been victims of assault and sexual harassment during the meeting.

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ORIGINAL: DomAviator
Tailhook was not a big deal . Clinton was just pissed cause as a draft dodger he wasnt invited. Seriously, Tailhook was WAY overblown. FYI seven men were not raped by other men, they were accosted by equally horny FEMALE AVIATORS.  I know one of the women involved, she grabbed a gay waiter's cock and told him she could "fix him"... He complained. As for the 83 women, tough shit. If you want to party with 4000 drunken Naval Aviators what did you expect cookies , milk and Disney films???  Dont go to an orgy unless ya wanna fuck... Some of the women "harassed" were escorts. Anyone who could sell their story or file a claim did. So we moved the conventions to Reno, NV and made it a point to keep the press out. Nothing changed.

Edited to add: By the way Wikipedia SUCKS they get everything wrong. It was more than 2 years and it is the "Reunion" not the "Symposium" etc.. You can learn the real story at www.tailhook.org

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ORIGINAL: Irishknight

And thanks, DA, for the mandatory sexual harrassment classes I had to go to over Tailhook.  They completely killed a Friday night when I could have been getting driunk and chasing skirts to make me get up at 0500 on Saturday to go to 8 hours of classes.  Then, they put me in a class taught by an amazingly hot first class who felt it was her duty to use me as the "for example"  guy.  Funny, somehow I managed to hit on her all during the class and not get in trouble for sexual harrassment.  Hmmmmmm......

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ORIGINAL: SingleRarity

So the Sir is allowing me to plan the ridiculous, overpriced Disney vacation of my dreams.  I've visited too many times to count, but never with partner, so I have lots of naughty adventures planned for all those fabulous dark rides.  My ultimate fantasy is to win a night in the Cinderella castle suite.  We could actually act out the first chapter of Anne Rice's sleeping Beauty.  Oh the wonder of it all!

Anyone else ever played dirty at Disney?  Please share.

Daddy's Ballerina "e"

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ORIGINAL: DomAviator

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ORIGINAL: farglebargle

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ORIGINAL: DomAviator
There already is one its called "Las Vegas" LOL What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - which is why they should move Tailhook there!

Or -- Maybe not *again*...

They raped SEVEN GUYS! In a town FULL OF HOOKERS.

wikipedia:

In September 1991, the 35th annual symposium in Las Vegas featured a two-day debrief on Navy and Marine Corps aviation in Operation Desert Storm. It was the largest such meeting yet held, with some 4,000 attendees: active, reserve, and retired personnel.

According to a Department of Defense report, 83 women and 7 men stated that they had been victims of assault and sexual harassment during the meeting.

Tailhook was not a big deal . Clinton was just pissed cause as a draft dodger he wasnt invited. Seriously, Tailhook was WAY overblown. FYI seven men were not raped by other men, they were accosted by equally horny FEMALE AVIATORS.  I know one of the women involved, she grabbed a gay waiter's cock and told him she could "fix him"... He complained. As for the 83 women, tough shit. If you want to party with 4000 drunken Naval Aviators what did you expect cookies , milk and Disney films???  Dont go to an orgy unless ya wanna fuck... Some of the women "harassed" were escorts. Anyone who could sell their story or file a claim did. So we moved the conventions to Reno, NV and made it a point to keep the press out. Nothing changed.

Edited to add: By the way Wikipedia SUCKS they get everything wrong. It was more than 2 years and it is the "Reunion" not the "Symposium" etc.. You can learn the real story at www.tailhook.org

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DA I try I really do try to give you the benefit of a doubt, you can be funny and lord knows you can spin a story, but really? Are you advocating that it is alright to rape women because they partied with drunken sailors? That is an insult to all men and women that wear a uniform. My dad is a lifer in the Army, and he would be the first one to kick your ass if you assaulted a women in any context. Not condone or partake in it and certainly not make light of it. Please re-assess your thinking. This old boys club mentality is getting a little old and a lot neanthderthal.       

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DA I try I really do try to give you the benefit of a doubt, you can be funny and lord knows you can spin a story, but really? Are you advocating that it is alright to rape women because they partied with drunken sailors? That is an insult to all men and women that wear a uniform. My dad is a lifer in the Army, and he would be the first one to kick your ass if you assaulted a women in any context. Not condone or partake in it and certainly not make light of it. Please re-assess your thinking. This old boys club mentality is getting a little old and a lot neanthderthal.       

Absolutely NO ONE got "raped" at Tailhook.  There was some groping, some ass grabbing, a "gauntlet" with a beer pitcher wet t-shirt contest,  the usual bullshit that you should expect if you party with 4000 drunken sailors many just home from war. Some of the complaintants were escorts - ie "hookers" - who go their asses pinched. Please dont put words in my mouth Aynne - I never said it is ok to commit rape. No rapes were committed. However, dont party with 4000 drunken sailors / aviators if you dont expect "sexual harassment".

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There are REAL rape problems in the US military. An 18 year old girl who has too much to drink and passes out with her boot camp buddies will likely be violated if not passed around. Thats a real problem that has never been addressed because its not as "newsworthy" as a bunch of officers patting asses and grabbing tits on hospitality suites full of "escorts" and strippers....

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http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/trials/tailhook.htm

What about the officers wives that were there? And why aren't Naval Officers held to a standard of conduct? Shameful.  

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ORIGINAL: Irishknight

There is also a little publicised fact that navy wives become single within a few days of the fleet setting sail.  In less than a week after the guys went out to sea, mydance card was full.  And Navy policy was "Don't ask, don't tell."  Not all navy wives are that way, but there are enough that are that a term was invented for them.  "Fleet widows" are common around every naval base.  Thats officers' wives as well as enlisted.  Its not right.  Thats just the way of things.

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      TDY wives are hardly just a Navy thing, guys.  And crew chiefs (plane captains?) marry total sluts, too.  An isolated base, language barrier, rascist locals...  Gang bangs in the dayroom, and they'd bring the beer.  It was more fun not to deploy.