* This account was submitted to MLAA by the victim, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy *
I’d like to stay anonymous, but I was on a Military Sealift Command ship as a cadet, and there was a 3rd Mate who would make all these weird sexual comments to me and the other female cadets about sexual stuff he wanted to do to us.
Disgusting things.
I went to the Chief Mate and complained about the sexually harassment and he straight up told me not to report it because “You don’t want to ruin someone’s career over a couple of comments.”
I was on that ship for 8 months, so I just had to deal with it on my own the whole time.
—Female USMMA Graduate