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'He lost his job': Naval officer gets fired after leaked viral letter about enlisted servicemen, enlisted man details his part in the revenge

There are surprisingly few stories we see shared online in this manner that have any real substance about them. Sure, they make for good stories and engagement for discussion, but one can never be completely sure that there's anything more to them than that. Well, that was until this story surfaced, a legendary tale of legendary status that spread like wildfire around certain corners of the internet and in military circles, owing to the fact that there was a lot of evidence pointing to the fact that it was quite real indeed—in an alleged sort of way.

This story takes us through the highs and lows of being an enlisted man on a foreign US military base, a setting that has provided us with no shortage of stories over the years. This officer (allegedly) sent a letter to the powers that be requesting that he and his family be moved from enlisted housing into officer housing, declaring enlisted men to be hatchet-wielding psychopaths—or something along those lines. A copy of this letter was leaked and caused a stir online and on the base where he worked; this enlisted man detailed his part in the revenge against this terrible entitled officer.

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    Posted by u/iLove_boba43 Naval officer didn't want to live with enlisted, gets fired So this happend about 1.5 years ago but I recently heard the news on how far my revenge went. I was a Navy enlisted service member and was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan for a few years before I got transferred back stateside. I worked in the main hospital that cared for service members and their beneficiaries. It's a small hospital so everyone knows everyone. Shortly after I left, I caught wind
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    of a new physician officer working in the radiology department. My friends would say he's horrible to work with but that's nothing new. However, someone saw him print a letter and he left it on his desk and took a picture of it and send it to me. He's requesting to move from enlisted housing to officer. (Edit: found out it's not a private letter, he did actually sent it to housing, and most of housing is ran by enlisted members)
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    For context, military housing is available for those who are married, have a family, or are qualified based on their rank and depending on the military base itself. Typically, officer housing is much nicer than the enlisted. In Yokosuka, housing is basically the same all around because it's overseas. But most of the housing are apartments and each apartment complex is called a tower, example: Fuji Tower. There are 9 towers and 2 are for officers since enlisted members outnumber officers by a
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    lot. Now, one thing about the military, happens. When getting stationed, it is the active duty members' responsibility to either apply for housing on or off base before arriving, depending on what is allowed. If there is limited space and you don't apply for housing on time, then you get put where there is space. So our new officer got placed in an enlisted tower. Mind you, enlisted members have families of their own and other officers have been placed in enlisted housing before without an issue
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    Here are some quotes in his letter: (and yes, this guy has a PhD) • I have many valid objections to living in a building of almost all enlisted and even many lower enlisted being an officer. • There is a lot of crime, violent actions, d use and al Om that happen in enlisted housing. There are also se✪l assaults and other pots.
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    • I have a good-looking family, a wife and 2 daughters age 3 and 4. They are prime targets to be victims for these enlisted deviant activities. My family should be safe in housing that is with officers.Officers are much more respectable and these types of deviant activities are incredibly rare compared to the deviant activities of enlisted being common place.
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    • Other officer families will not want to visit us because our family lives on enlisted housing. My children need to make friends with other officer children. My wife needs to make friends with other officers wives. I need to make friends with other officers. Forcing an officer to live in a large apartment building with almost all enlisted is unethical.
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    You get the idea, so this guy basically looks down on all enlisted service members assuming every single one are drug users, perverts/pedos, criminals, etc. The kicker? He was an enlisted Army member before going to Officer school! In civilian terms, think of a manager that discriminates and calls all of his subordinates criminals, violent, alcoholics, pervs, drug users, etc based on your job position. Forgetting that some have a family and you know, maybe aren't any of those things. And he not
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    Safe to say, everyone was I and I have nothing to lose. I was separating soon and figure I'd have some fun before I get out. I created a burner Facebook account and posted the letter and the officer's picture on a popular military enlisted group page. Within 2 days, it spread like wild fire. But I wasn't done yet. The military has some thing called challenge coins. Think of trading cards but custom coins that come in many shapes and sizes. I designed one with his face and a big middle finger in
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    designs came from other people as well but so far I think mine was more popular. I sold over 70 coins to the initial person who originally send me the picture at a huge discounted price so she can sell them for a profit for herself. So the officer's face is everywhere because most people keep their coins displayed on their desk. No matter where the officer went at work, he would see his face on someone's desk. And since it didn't have his name on the coin, can't officially say it's him. I sold m
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    The story even got featured on the online Naval newspaper and on 2 popular YouTube channels. And if you're military, you know the only time big military care is when it's too big to sweep under the rug. This story got the officer sent up to Captain's Mast which is like Navy court. He tried to say his wife was the one that wrote the letter but no one is buying it because her writing style is way worse. She even tried to take the fall but no one believed her. They both ended up deleting all social
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    But there's more! When you're in the military, you have a deadline on how long you can be a certain rank. If you dont pick up, then you're kicked out. And because he's new and got served UCMJ Articles, he won't be up for promotion and therefore was involuntarily separated. Also the officer program he went through pays for his PhD. When the military pays for your PhD, you have to serve 10 years to pay them back, if you don't complete 10 years, you have to pay the military back with money instead
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    So he lost his job and now has to pay back the military for his PhD and since it takes awhile for the paperwork to have him and his family sent back stateside, you can bet he socially suffered because no one worked with him. Edit: The hatchet became a symbol of enlisted deviants because in his letter he stated that 2 gangs were attacking each other with hatchets and other weapons at an enlisted housing unit
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    The original letter, found form another source

    Good Morning Housing Professionals, I just reached out to my Commander about this huge issue trying to force me to live with enlisted. You will likely here from them soon. Several officers just told us that there are 2 townhomes available right now where they live at Fourth Avenue and Vandergrift and also Sakura Heights. My family and I have orders for 3 years here in Yokosuka and will likely be extended to 4 years as this happened to the last officers in my position before me. I have many valid
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    situations. I will choose to keep my integrity and will probably make many enemies in the housing complex, creating more problems and further isolation of my family. Forcing an officer to live in a large apartment building with almost with enlisted is unethical. Factor in the fact that it is far away from work and far away from other officer housing even on Ikego and this is just wrong in every way. I am prepared to pay to stay in a hotel or temporary lodging for however long is necessary to get
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  • Good Morning Housing Professionals,

    I just reached out to my Commander about this huge issue trying to force me to live with enlisted You will likely here from them soon. Several officers just told us that there are 2 townhomes available right now where they live at Fourth Avenue and Vandergrift and also Sakura Heights. My family and I have orders for 3 years here in Yokosuka and will likely be extended to 4 years as this happened to the last officers in my position before me. I have many valid objections to living in a building of almost all enlisted and even many lower enlisted being an officer. I am prepared to pay for a hotel for my family and I until actual officer housing can be found for us. I am even prepared to pay for my housing the whole tour if I have to. I have serious concerns for Safety, support and integrity.

    Safety: I have been an investigative officer and superior officer to many deviant enlisted sailors. There is a lot of crime, violent actions, drug use and al***sm that happens in enlisted housing. There are also s**ual assaults and other p***erts. I personally had to deal with an enlisted c***d mo***ter as my subordinate. I also have had to deal with man d**g and al***ol related problems. There are often dr**k and often hostile sailors hanging around enlisted housing. Housing with enlisted greatly increases the risk to my family. I want to feel safe for my family every time I leave to work. This will greatly affect my mental state at work to always be worrying about my family. I have a good-looking family, a wife and two daughters age 3 and 4. They are prime targets to be victims for these enlisted deviant activities. My family should be safe in housing that is with officers. Officers are much more respectable and theses type of deviant activities are incredibly rare compared to deviant activities of enlisted being common place. Safety has huge psychological impact on quality of life. This enlisted housing will increase the risk to my family and mentally cause my family and I to be worried and unhappy due to safety.

    Support: It is important when overseas to have support from your community. This is even more important with COVID. The almost entire enlisted building that was proposed is in the back of Ikego isolated away from any support for me and my family. Its’s away from all the other officers at my command that could support me. As an officer I cannot fraternize with the enlisted. My family and I will be isolated in the building that I am living in. We will not have the support that a normal officer family should have to succeed. Other officer families will not want to visit us because our family lives in enlisted housing. This proposed housing assignment is cutting of the support that my family needs during this overseas assignment and with COVID. My children need to make friends with other officer children. My wife needs to make friends with other officers’ wives. I need to make friends with other officers. This proposed housing is isolating our family during a vulnerable time when we are transitioning overseas and don’t have any support. We need to be in actual officer housing surrounded by other officer families so my family and I get actual support and are not completely isolated and trapped by ourselves.

    Integrity: As a Naval officer, I have integrity. If I see the enlisted breaking the law or acting in an inappropriate way, I am required at all times to react and correct the problem or situation. Living with enlisted puts my family and myself in a compromising position. A few tours ago, an enlisted housing unit had two g**gs attacking each other with hatchets and other weapons over competing d**g turf. As an officer, if I see drug use or other illegal activity in enlisted housing, I have to report it. This put me and my family at risk of retaliation because I will have to live right next to them with this proposed housing. I am not willing to compromise between integrity and safety and I shouldn’t have to. Officers shouldn’t live in housing with almost all enlisted personnel. This doesn’t even factor in the situation where I may have to demote or penalize enlisted personnel I work with, and then come back home where they also live right by me. This creates an awful living arrangement and my family and I in many compromising situations. I will choose to keep my integrity and will probably make many enemies in the housing complex, creating more problems and further isolation of my family.

    Forcing an officer to live in a large apartment building with almost with enlisted is unethical. Factor in the fact that it is far away from work and far away from other officer housing even on Ikego and this is just wrong in every way. I am prepared to pay to stay in a hotel or temporary lodging for however long is necessary to get actual officer housing with other officers. I am also prepared to pay for housing the whole tour if I have to. Please help me find housing that is acceptable for my family so we can be safe, supported and maintain our integrity.

    Very Respectfully,

    LT

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    brownmht I remember when this got international press attention. All the Navy said was he had been disciplined but would not release details. Thanks for giving the rest of the story. 1.9k Reply Share iLove_boba43 OP I found out from buddies who were stationed there when it all went down and Angry Cops did a follow up lol Reply Share 927
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    looktowindward The thing OP is leaving out is that the LT in question actually did send the letter, which would have been pretty bad even without it being leaked. Reply Share 449 iLove_boba43 OP ! He sent it!? My source didn't Oh tell me that ↑ 296 Reply Share
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    Background-War9535 I remember being in Yokosuka in the early 00s. It was great if you were a young single officer living off base. I later heard things got insane, like you have to submit liberty plans for approval even if your plan was a quiet weekend at home. You can run into narcissists in the military and it's worse since they have legal authority over you. It's always a warm feeling when these guys get what they deserve. 458 Reply Share
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    [deleted] bro the most money i ever made was being in Misawa and collecting MIHA and BAH offbase. i -NEVER- wanted to live onbase so i got a place out in town and quite honestly, it was the best house i ever lived in, and i had it all to myself. obligatory officers 147 Reply Share iLove_boba43 OP I stocked up on chu his before coming back and sold them here God I miss those 50 Reply Share ...
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    Texas_Defense_Atty I'm a former officer. If he was that bothered by living amongst the "sweaties" (sarcasm here folks) then he should have used some of that much higher pay to rent or buy a place off base. ↑ 66 ↓ Reply Share
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    cantel2989 There are only two types of mustangs. Very cool ones who are proud they were prior enlisted and total heads who look down on anyone who isn't an officer. There isn't any in-between mustangs. My experience with mustangs who were prior enlisted in other branches were the worst, everyone I met was a major head. 143 Reply Share
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