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From Fox News: A U.S. Navy command senior chief was demoted for conspiring with other Navy chiefs to install an illegal Wi-Fi network on a warship that they used to check sports scores and watch TV shows.
Grisel Marrero, a senior enlisted Navy officer, reportedly installed a Starlink network on the USS Manchester called “STINKY.”
The command senior chief installed and operated the unauthorized network during a deployment in 2023. She charged the $1,000-a-month cost of the network to a leadership association debit card.
Marrero lied and misled her commanding officer about the network at least three times, according to a charge sheet reviewed by Fox News Digital.
The Navy Times, who obtained details of the scheme from an internal investigation, explained that a crew’s internet access is regularly restricted while a ship is deployed, to preserve bandwidth for the mission and to keep their ship safe from nefarious online attacks.
Instead, the senior leaders on the combat ship USS Manchester installed and secretly used their very own Wi-Fi network during a deployment last year, to check sports scores, text home and stream movies.
The Navy Times wrote:
Led by the senior enlisted leader of the ship’s gold crew, then-Command Senior Chief Grisel Marrero, the effort roped in the entire chiefs mess by the time it was uncovered a few months later.
“The danger such systems pose to the crew, the ship and the Navy cannot be understated,” the investigation warned.
The Navy relieved then-Command Senior Chief Grisel Marrero from her post with the Manchester’s gold crew in September. https://t.co/cTHnkDqvA2
— Navy Times (@NavyTimes) June 3, 2024
When the senior leaders cut corners and enrich themselves, why would others not do the same. There’s a core of rottenness in the Navy.
Navy leader demoted after she conspired with chiefs to run illegal Wi-Fi network on warship https://t.co/AVTueCOYDw #FoxNews
— R T (@RDog861) September 4, 2024
A scathing Navy investigation reveals how USS Manchester’s enlisted leaders endangered their ship with an unauthorized Starlink Wi-Fi setup. https://t.co/n4BLnv0yVo
— Navy Times (@NavyTimes) September 3, 2024
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