Navy seamen have kept a so-called "rape list" of female colleagues

An investigation revealed that sailors aboard a submarine of the US Navy had distributed sexually explicit lists classifying the female members of the crew. The lists, reported for the first time Friday by Military.com, were discovered as part of an application under the Freedom of Information Act.

The 74-page investigative report reveals two lists – one with Yelplike's star rankings on women and another with "obscene and sexist comments" next to each woman's name, according to Military.com.

In February 2018, the guided missile submarine USS Florida became the second to incorporate women. The misconduct was uncovered four months later, when two sailors aboard the Florida brought the lists to a senior officer, stating that they were stored on an internal computer network and updated regularly, reported Military.com.

At the time, the submarine employed 32 women in its crew of 173 people.

The lists – which Military.com describes as "rape lists" – have been described as classifying "women according to the appearances, characteristics and various sexual acts that the creators of the list wish to exercise with them", including " aggressive sexual activity. "Do not refer to non-consensual acts," says the report in Military.com, noting that a search of submarine networks conducted by the commander, Captain Gregory Kercher, and a medico-legal test conducted by the criminal investigation department of the navy did not locate any of the two lists.

The officers reported the existence of the lists in early June, the point of sale said. By the time the complaint reached Kercher, according to the investigation, the sexual assault prevention officer, an equal opportunities officer and the Kercher senior advisor had already been informed of the lists.

Kercher, who did not respond to the Washington Post's request for comment, did not open an official inquiry or discuss allegations with his command, according to Military.com. Instead, he would have supposedly solved the problem by identifying the team members who consulted and shared the lists.

In ways that are unclear, the Navy officials above Kercher discovered the lists and conducted a formal investigation while the submarine was in the Indian Ocean. The start date of the investigation is unknown.

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The investigation concluded that "trust in the chain of command was non-existent," according to Military.com.

With rumors swirling, relations between shipmates are deteriorating. A woman told Military.com that she had begun to "interrogate all men aboard the ship". Another stated that she felt compelled to send pictures of lists to family members at home; she feared that the chain of command would "sweep it under the rug".

Rear-Admiral Jeff Jablon, then commander of the submarine group 10, wrote in a letter obtained by Military.com that few crew members knew what steps had been taken by the superiors.

"A significant number of women have worried about their safety," he wrote, "and male members who have learned of the existence of the list have also been pushed back," says the point of sale.

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As a result of the investigation, Kercher was fired. He had been in this position for five months, during which he complained of heavy workloads. Jablon said Kercher was "far from the norms and standards expected for an event of this magnitude".

Two sailors were released and "additional administrative measures were taken" against several other people who mismanaged the incident, and the investigation concluded that the process of reporting on the equality of chances were ineffective, told Self.com, Sarah Self-Kyler, spokeswoman for US submarine services.

In a statement provided to Military.com, Admiral Chas Richard, commander of the US submarine forces, said, "Although I can not guarantee that such an incident will not happen again, I can guarantee that we will continue to apply our high standards. in the Force, "adding that anyone who does not meet these expectations would be held responsible.

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