I think when you read a handbook on how NOT to be a good example as a commanding officer, this will be number 1. I had a wonderful commander who was funny, jovial and made us laugh but he never degraded anyone and never did anything at the expense of others for a laugh. There are a bazillion ways to boost morale...what he did is show his true colors and they are ugly, prejudiced, unchristian and plain sick. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he goes before his superiors to try and defend this mess he's gotten himself into.
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Dee
"They will be able to say that she stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her away....and surely it has not.....she adjusted her sails" - Elizabeth Edwards