Admiral sacked

[Theophylact]

" for improper relationship with female officer." Good thing that Roosevelt didn't know about Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, or we'd all be speaking German now (not me, of course; I'd be dead). Oh, wait -- maybe he did know, but he wouldn't have cared, would he?

[M_Six]

Roosevelt would have also overlooked sexual harassment and racial bigotry. That doesn't mean those are acceptable practices.

Kind of surprised at you on this one, Theo.

[Theophylact]

I don't condone sexual harassment. Not clear yet what "improper relationship" means in this context. I do think that the military has unreasonable notions of what's improper. If she was in his command, it's clearly improper. If she wasn't, then a little extracurricular shtupping might not require such a severe penalty.

The Military has recently punished people for adultery; in most states, that's not even a legal issue except as it relates to the status of the marriage itself. I'm not saying adultery is okay, either; just that there are a lot of ethical lapses that don't merit cashiering. "Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?"

[M_Six]

extracurricular shtupping

I have GOT to write that one down!

In this case the Navy termed the relationship 'improper', so I have to believe they found more than an admiral shtupping some captain from outside his chain-of-command. Even if the shtuppee was a willing partner, if she was a significantly lower rank, it was clearly improper.