{"id":26659,"date":"2017-12-08T18:43:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T18:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/08\/sailor-staged-racist-vandalism-navy-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:18:28","slug":"sailor-staged-racist-vandalism-navy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/12\/08\/sailor-staged-racist-vandalism-navy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailor staged racist vandalism, Navy says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sailor who claimed someone scrawled racial slurs on his bed aboard an aircraft carrier \u2014sparking a viral Facebook post in the process \u2014 staged the incident himself, the Navy said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marquie Little, a 27-year-old African American seaman, posted photos to Facebook on Nov. 15 under an alias that showed his rack on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/01\/22\/carrier-george-h-w-bush-strike-group-departs-norfolk-for-seven-month-deployment\/\" title=\"\">carrier George H.W. Bush<\/a> covered in trash and racial slurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI proudly serve the Navy and this is what I\u2019m receiving in return,\u201d he wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marquie.little\/posts\/1514327828644821\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">post<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not my first time being called a word such as that,\u201d the aviation boatswain\u2019s mate airman said in a phone interview later that month. \u201cIt puzzled me as to who would do it and why they would do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/11\/08\/air-force-academy-cadet-wrote-racial-slur-outside-his-own-dorm-room\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Force-Academy-cadets-in-front-of-chapel-medium.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force Academy cadet wrote racial slur outside his own dorm room<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">That cadet candidate is no longer a student at the academy&#039;s prep school.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on Friday Cmdr. 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bad guy for attention,\u201d Little wrote in a text message. \u201cI have nothing to gain from doing such an incident but I have everything to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hecht said that, while the Navy had disproven the sailor\u2019s claims, it used the incident to provide additional crew training and reemphasize that vandalism and racism would not be tolerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, after the vandalism and the Facebook post, Little told Navy Times he feared for his safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe the guy or guys that vandalized my rack would see me out in town,\u201d he said. \u201cI constantly have to look who\u2019s giving me the side eye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hecht said the carrier\u2019s command used the incident as an opportunity to reiterate that the command \u201chas an open door policy for reporting incidents of misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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