Marine Corps commandant General Robert B Neller yesterday refused to comment directly about the ongoing investigation.
The photographs have been taken down, officials said. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is now investigating. The photographs were shared on the Facebook page Marines United, which had a membership of active-duty and retired male Marines, Navy Corpsman and British Royal Marines.Īlong with identified female military members were photographs of unidentifiable women in various stages of undress, and included obscene comments about some of the women, officials have said. THE US DEFENSE Department is investigating reports some Marines shared naked photographs of female Marines, veterans and other women on a secret Facebook page, some of which were taken without their knowledge.