SAN DIEGO — The former commanding officer of the destroyer Momsen has been charged with rape, sodomy and maltreatment and will be court-martialed on Friday, a Navy spokesman confirmed.
The charges stem from two alleged incidents, one with a female officer and another with a female enlisted member, both involving alcohol.
OK, to be fair, a lash isn't mentioned, but I'll include it under the general term maltreatment.
Here's the drink-sodden, maltreating sodomite:
Hmm, how do you rhyme Momsen? Well, we'll just go with the old classic:
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What stupid, wasteful destruction of a career.
Walk the plank?
@Borepatch: Well, if he was an admiral, I'd recommend shooting him pour encourager les autres, but he's only a commander. Flogging round the fleet might suffice.
Walking the plank, of course, was a pirate custom, not a Navy custom, and really is more legendary than otherwise, only Stede Bonnet being known to have employed it.
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