{"id":15020,"date":"2018-09-24T18:39:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/24\/command-master-chief-fired-for-sliding-into-facebook-messages-of-another-chiefs-wife\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:01:56","slug":"command-master-chief-fired-for-sliding-into-facebook-messages-of-another-chiefs-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/09\/24\/command-master-chief-fired-for-sliding-into-facebook-messages-of-another-chiefs-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Command master chief fired for sliding into Facebook messages of another chief\u2019s wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The married command master chief of a future destroyer was fired this spring after he drunkenly slid into the Facebook <\/a>messages of another chief\u2019s wife and came onto her, according to a copy of the investigation obtained by Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master Chief Stephan J. Raniszewski was relieved and administratively disciplined in April for charges that included indecent, drunken and disorderly conduct, Navy officials said earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end of Raniszewski\u2019s spot in the command triad of the future warship Thomas Hudner<\/a> began at a Super Bowl watch party held at another chief\u2019s house in February, according to the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raniszewski went home and began drunkenly messaging another chief\u2019s wife on Facebook, the investigation found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In between trash talk about the New England Patriots<\/a>\u2019 loss, the command master chief repeatedly told the woman in misspelled messages that \u201cyour hot,\u201d and to \u201cstop temping (sic) me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was known that CMC was very drunk, as proven by a couple of unreadable messages,\u201d one command email regarding the case that was included in the investigation states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe did refer to my wife as \u2018hot\u2019 and \u2018sominkong hot\u2019 {ie smoking hot),\u201d the chief and husband of the messaged wife told investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raniszewski did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Facebook message then-Command Master Chief Stephan Raniszewski sent to the wife of another chief earlier this year. This and other messages factored into his firing in April, according to a Navy investigation. (Screenshot\/U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An individual whose name is redacted wrote in a command email that \u201cit was not new behavior,\u201d according to the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raniszewski again messaged the chief\u2019s wife that month and referred to the woman as a \u201cMILF\u201d while promising to keep his fantasies to himself, according to the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She replied that the messages were inappropriate, according to screenshots included in the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third round of messages occurred a few days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy wife told me that CMC had asked her what kind of panties she wore, and if she shaved her private parts,\u201d the chief and husband of the messaged wife wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the chief said he had not experienced a hostile workplace after the incidents, he couldn\u2019t work with Raniszewski again and planned to request a transfer if the CMC remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is \u2018no trust there\u2019 anymore,\u201d he wrote, adding that the did not intend to \u201cruin anyone\u2019s career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, as with all sailors, we must provide treatment and accountability for all actions,\u201d the chief wrote. \u201cI find his behavior reprehensible, betraying and disrespectful. His actions do not represent how you should treat another human being, or the brotherhood of the Chiefs Mess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman told investigators she made her husband aware of the messages after the third round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had brushed off the post-Super Bowl messages as drunkenness and had told Raniszewski to stop after the second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter the third message and the degree of inappropriateness of the message I felt that I needed to make my husband aware of the situation,\u201d she wrote in a statement. \u201cMy husband was visibly very unhappy and upset. In a subsequent conversation I got the impression that my husband was going to confront and talk to CMC about the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The husband confronted Raniszewski about entering treatment for alcohol abuse, but also said he knew \u201cthat disciplinary action would more than likely be a probable outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation states that the way the command became aware of Raniszewski\u2019s behavior \u201ccould be construed as accidental and unintentional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An individual whose name is redacted in the public investigation initially tried to get Raniszewski to refer himself to treatment for alcohol problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when another unidentified sailor learned that the referral was based on the inappropriate Facebook messages, the ship\u2019s second-in-command was informed, according to the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCMC Raniszewski\u2019s contrition over these series of events is genuine,\u201d the investigator wrote. \u201cHe accepts full responsibility for his inappropriate messaging and any impropriety he may have committed while under the influence of alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was relieved a few weeks after the investigation was completed in mid-March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several shipmates interviewed by investigators said they recalled Raniszewski being drunk at last year\u2019s khaki ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Meeks, the ship\u2019s executive officer, told investigators that Raniszewski said in February that he was \u201cdone\u201d and was \u201cdropping his papers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t