U.S. Navy admiral fired after drunken nude walk at Fla. hotel

[Liberal_in_LA]

A U.S. Navy admiral has been fired after he was found wandering around naked early April 8 at a National Defense Transportation Association advisory board meeting at a Ponte Vedra Beach hotel, according to an Office of the Naval Inspector General report.

The Navy confirmed that Rear Adm. David Baucom, 56, was removed from his job as the director of Strategy, Policy, Capabilities and Logistics at U.S. Transportation Command in November after an investigation into his behavior at the conference at the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club.

“Baucom demonstrated poor judgment in his excessive use of alcohol, and his resulting personal conduct was not up to the standard expected of all U.S. Navy sailors,” according to a Navy news release.


http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-12-09/us-navy-admiral-fired-after-drunken-nude-walk-fla-hotel#

According to the 20-page Navy investigation, Baucom was at a dinner with about 70 senior military officers and corporate executives and consumed all or part of a gin and tonic, wine and five scotches. The investigation stated that security camera footage showed Baucom falling as he stood up just after midnight, then hitting his head on a bar stool.

Another video camera recorded him stumbling and falling “head first” into a couch or a side table, then falling “to the ground,” the investigation stated. At 1:30 a.m. a bellman took Baucom to his room, calling him an “intoxicated older gentleman” in a statement to the hotel security department, the investigation stated.

Baucom showered, then took prescription medications. He told investigators he woke up later and went through a door, thinking it was to the bathroom. But it led outside, and the door locked behind him.

About 5:45 a.m. he ended up at the front desk.

“I’m looking for is something to cover up with,” he states in the investigative report. “So I’m looking for just something, if I can find a spare towel anywhere or something laying around so I can get to the lobby, get a key and get back to my room.”

Baucom testified that an employee pointed him to a bin with clean towels, then he walked back to his room. While naked he was seen by some hotel guests and employees, the report states.

[bluedigger]

1. Same thing happened to me in a Super 8 in Iowa.

Coworker found me in the hall and let met me spend the night in her room. Didn't get fired.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Well, he's a Rear Admiral.

[Hekate]

7. Nooooooo

[Docreed2003]

3. Living up to the finest traditions of naval service....

I say that as a fellow naval officer

[Yavin4]

4. Let's not judge the Admiral

Who among us haven't gotten drunk and wandered around a hotel lobby buck naked? In Florida no less.

[pinboy3niner]

5. Kick for exposure

[ljm2002]

6. "falling as he stood up just after midnight,"...

..."then hitting his head on a bar stool."

And no one sought medical attention, or at least sat with him, fed him some water, and made sure he was all right?

Shame on them, in my opinion. People need to be more realistic about the effects of the drugs, both legal and il-, that we use. Being falling-down drunk is a symptom of alcohol poisoning, plain and simple, and it is no laughing matter. Moral judgments can wait. Whether he was a habitual drunk, or had just used bad judgment on this occasion, was a question for later. IMO

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. He fell twice, hitting his head both times

[lpbk2713]

8. He'll just get a job with a defense contractor.

And all his old buddies at the Pentagon will be patting him on the back and glad handing him like nothing ever happened.

[greytdemocrat]

9. I knew it had to be FL.

[Warren DeMontague]

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