US Naval officer complains over ''Romo's Bitch'' call sign

[Ulysses31]

This is a story for the soldiers on here

A US Naval Air Force officer has complained of sexual harassment after he was given the call sign "Romo's Bitch".


Call signs are monikers that identify a member of the service and are used in radio transmissions and printed on clothing.

In the film Top Gun, Tom Cruise's character had the call sign "Maverick" while other call signs included "Iceman," "Viper" and "Hollywood". But Ensign Steve Crowston claimed that when he was called into a room with fellow officers to be given their call signs, his name had been written on a white board with a list of suggestions that included "Gay Boy" and "Cowgirl".

He said the group eventually voted for him to be known as "Romo's Bitch" because he was a fan of Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback.

Mr Crowston, an administrative officer with Strike Fighter Squadron 136 at Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, has not disclosed his sexual orientation but complained to senior officers.

The US Navy initially found his allegations of sexual harassment unsubstantiated but the investigation has since been re-opened.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...cer-complains-over-Romos-Bitch-call-sign.html

 

[Hot Mega]

This is a story for the soldiers on here

I've heard some bad ones but that's pretty bad.

 

[Mayhem]

US Naval Air Force??? Is that like US Army Marine Corps Submarine Squadron?

 

[vodkazvictim]

If he'd have shot every fucker in teh room you can bet homophobia would descrease accordingly.

 

[ChefChiTown]

What a cry baby. HAHAHA seriously, doesn't anybody have a sense of humor anymore?

Romo's Bitch is funny. I don't care what this whiner says.

 

[Mayhem]

"Favre's Fuckbuddy, this is Romo's Bitch, lining up for attack run."

Romo's Bitch, this is Hasselbeck's House Ho, check your 6 o'clock."

"This is Romo's Bitch, McNabb's Cock Slave seems to be checking my 6, as usual."

Yeeaaaahh, I'm not sure we want this trend to catch on.

 

[ChefChiTown]

"Favre's Fuckbuddy, this is Romo's Bitch, lining up for attack run."

Romo's Bitch, this is Hasselbeck's House Ho, check your 6 o'clock."

"This is Romo's Bitch, McNabb's Cock Slave seems to be checking my 6, as usual."

Yeeaaaahh, I'm not sure we want this trend to catch on.

I got dibs on Manning's Manhole.

 

[Bearded_Menace]

There are worse things than being Romo's bitch you know. Would he much rather be Al Davis's bitch instead?

 

[Rekrul]

So a guy who has the lowest officer ranking in the US Navy is upset because his poor flying has attracted some hardship from other pilots?

What is a bit fishy about this story is that pilots get their call signs in flight school. The US Navy also has a very strict anti-harassment policy. I have hard time seeing two senior commanders so openly do what he claimed as it would be career suicide for them. Every one of these officers would likely lose their commission for conduct unbecoming if this was true.

We are not getting the full story here.

 

[max0rz]

So a guy who has the lowest officer ranking in the US Navy is upset because his poor flying has attracted some hardship from other pilots?

What is a bit fishy about this story is that pilots get their call signs in flight school. The US Navy also has a very strict anti-harassment policy. I have hard time seeing two senior commanders so openly do what he claimed as it would be career suicide for them. Every one of these officers would likely lose their commission for conduct unbecoming if this was true.

We are not getting the full story here.

Low ranking, bad flying. I can't see anything about that in the article?

Regarding the bigger picture, perhaps because of the DADT policy, the offenders thought there wouldn't be anything made of it. :dunno: