The U. Nude photos were allegedly shared online via a Facebook group titled Marines United , which has nearly 30, members, mostly active-duty U. An online link to the the photos, as well as the names and units of the women pictured, was posted in January by a former Marine who was working for a defense contractor, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

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Tiffany Torres, 36, has been a Marine for 17 years, joining when she was years-old. She was deployed to Aphganistan in and is currently a Communications Maintenance Chief. Tiffany Torres is a proud Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who served in southern Afghanistan and now oversees the maintenance of communication equipment across four battalions at Camp Pendleton. As the sprawling Oceanside base, which continues to play a central role in the U. A Facebook group called Marine United, with members of the corps participating, posted and shared nude photos of hundreds of active-duty female Marines and veterans, according to War Horse, a non-profit news organization run by a Marine veteran.
Hundreds of lewd photos of female servicemembers discovered in Dropbox folder
Credit: U. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis C. Schneider Creative Commons. The U. Department of Defense is investigating hundreds of Marines who used social media to solicit and share hundreds — possibly thousands — of naked photographs of female service members and veterans.
By Chris Perez. March 5, pm Updated March 6, am. Hundreds of US Marines swapped naked pictures of female recruits and veterans — many of whom had no idea that they had been photographed — on a secret Facebook page, a report says.