{"id":36402,"date":"2015-03-24T23:40:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T23:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/03\/24\/female-midshipmen-among-victims-in-shower-video-ring\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:46:03","slug":"female-midshipmen-among-victims-in-shower-video-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2015\/03\/24\/female-midshipmen-among-victims-in-shower-video-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Female midshipmen among victims in shower-video ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As two sailors head to court-martial Two sailors from the ballistic missile submarine Wyoming are heading to court-martial <\/span>for their involvement in a ring that allegedly recorded and <\/span>swapped videos of female officers undressing, . And now <\/span>allegations are emerging that female midshipmen were also recorded in a shower changing area aboard the submarine. aboard aboard the submarine boomer are also believed to have been recorded in the shower changing area, a revelation that shook the service late last year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three sailors have been charged with filming both <\/span>officers and female mids, who were temporarily aboard the ballistic missile submarine Wyoming, according to charge sheets obtained by Navy Times through the Freedom of Information Act. Previous accounts have only stated that female officers were filmed between<\/span>.Previously, reports had only stated that female officers were filmed. Charge sheets obtained show that <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students were allegedly recordedtaped<\/span>filmed<\/span> between March and June 2014, though charges show two sailors were allegedly using their cell phone cameras on board as early as August 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charges do not specify how many female mids or officers may have been recorded. This number could range into the <\/span>It’s possible that <\/span>dozens of women were filmed<\/span>, according to a Navy official familiar with the investigation, given the time period and <\/span>the number of mids on summer cruises and female officers from other crews that were aboard during the 10 months during which recordings are alleged to have been taken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late last year, midshipmen who were aboard Wyoming at the time were notified that they had potentially been video recorded, the official said, and were offered victims’ services. No evidence of the recordings has emerged in the course of the investigation, according to another Navy official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electronics Technician 2nd Class Joseph A. <\/span>Bradley, 25, is charged with distributing videos and destroying evidence. And Missile Technician 3rd Class Brandon S. <\/span>McGarity, 25, is charged with failing to report the videos and making a false official statement, according to charge sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bradley and McGarity are the first of sevensix<\/span> sailors charged to be referred to court-martial for recording, distributing, or failing to report the illicit videos of viewing without reporting cell phone videos of <\/span>several female officers, some of the first to serve in submarine crews., taken over more than a year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to his charges, Bradley asked an unnamed MT3 to send him recordings of the women while at the submarine<\/span>‘s Kings Bay, Georgia, home port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is charged with three counts of distributing the recordings, as well as obstructing the investigation by destroying the recordings after the case was opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bradley joined the Navy in 2010 and has been attached to Wyoming’s blue crew since summer 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGarity faces two counts of failing to report the videos, as well as making a false official statement to a senior chief about whether he was aware of the videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He joined the Navy in 2011 and has been attached to Wyoming’s gold crew since March 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither sailor’s attorney was immediately reachable Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Tuesday, five more sailors \u2014 one from Trident Training Facility Kings Bay and the rest from the Wyoming crew \u2014 have been charged. Navy officials removed their names are redacted <\/span>from their charge sheets, saying that the names of those accused would only be released for charges referred to court-martial. An article 32 is a preliminary hearing similar to a grand jury hearing, after which a convening official can decide whether to refer the case to court-martial. a somewhat unusual move for service members formally charged with crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Each of the Sailors accused in the USS Wyoming case are in different stages of the adjudication process,” said Submarine Force Atlantic spokesman Cmdr. Tommy Crosby. “Of the Sailors that have charges pending against them, currently five of them are in a preferred status and two are in a referred status. In conjunction with JAG instruction 5800.7E, the names and other personal identifiable information is being withheld for those who are still in the preferred status, until at such time their adjudication status changes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three charged sailors waived their right to an Article 32 hearing, Submarine Force Atlantic spokesman Cmdr. Tommy <\/span>Crosby said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remaining SUBGRU 10 sailors charged are, according to charge sheets<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n