Jen's deposition.
"Now Petty Officer after your arrival there was an incident with three other sailors aboard the Truman." Greenburg asked.
"Yes." Jen replied.
"Would you care to expand on that?"
"Colonel Mackenzie decided that we should take a break from reviewing the motions that the defence attorney Lieutenant Commander Hickson had filed. So I went to get some food in the mess. With travelling and the time difference we had missed lunch so I was hungry." Jen paused.
"Carry on Petty Officer."
"While I was eating the three approached me and sat down, they started calling doll and sweetheart. I told them my name and asked them to leave me alone to eat in peace." Jen replied.
"Did they?" He asked.
"No. I told them I wasn't interested, told them it was a big red light situation and offered to recite the sexual harassment policy for them. They thought it was a joke. I told them that it was part of my job to know such things because I worked here. They thought it was a joke too and that only officers worked for JAG. I explained what my job was here."
"And?" He prompted.
"Then Colonel Mackenzie came into the mess. She wanted to know where the extra battery for the laptop was. She asked if everything was okay. I replied it was, but I thought it might be a good idea to suggest to the Master Chief that the sexual harassment policy be reviewed with the crew. The Colonel sat down and we chatted for a few minutes while the three stood. When she was ready to leave they took their food and left, I left with her because I'd lost my appetite."
"What happened after that?"
"We went back to work." Jen replied. "The court martial was set to resume the next morning."
Mac's deposition.
"After you brought the court martial to order you recessed it again. Why?" Restrick asked.
"I needed to see Lieutenant Commander Hickson and Lieutenant Braxton to inform them of the list of witnesses I had questions that still needed to be answered from." Mac replied.
"Did they accept that?"
"After a few questions yes."
"What happened then?"
"I'd noticed Petty Officer Coates seemed to recognise the defendant. I questioned her about it. She couldn't place him specifically, seemed to recall it related to her previous billet on the Seahawk with Lieutenant Roberts. I suggested that she call him to put her mind at ease."
"Did Lieutenant Roberts ever provide any light on the subject?"
"After a couple of days. The defendant was the brother of a female seaman who had gone UA to visit him while the Truman was docked. Petty Officer Coates had recognised him from the file that had gone through the Seahawk's legal office."
"Let's move on to the night of the incident." Restrick suggested.
Jen's deposition.
"I woke when I heard a noise outside my cabin then the cry of battle stations."
"What did you do then?" Greenburg asked.
"I got dressed quickly and went out into the passageway. I stopped a seaman and asked what was going on. He informed me that it was a drill."
"So after that what happened?"
"The Colonel had advised me that she knew there was a drill planned. As judge on the court martial she should have been warned so she could brief the members on what to do in such circumstances so that they weren't going to be influenced. So I made my way to her state room to ask her what she wanted me to do."
Mac's deposition.
"I heard the knock on my door after I had woken to the sirens and the cries of battle stations. I got out of bed and opened the hatch. Petty Officer Coates was on the other side she had come to ask what I wanted her to. She informed me she had asked someone and they told her that it was a drill." Mac replied. "I hadn't been advised of such plans so I could have secured the members so they weren't influenced. I informed Petty Officer Coates that we were going to the bridge to find out what was going on."
TBC
"Now Petty Officer after your arrival there was an incident with three other sailors aboard the Truman." Greenburg asked.
"Yes." Jen replied.
"Would you care to expand on that?"
"Colonel Mackenzie decided that we should take a break from reviewing the motions that the defence attorney Lieutenant Commander Hickson had filed. So I went to get some food in the mess. With travelling and the time difference we had missed lunch so I was hungry." Jen paused.
"Carry on Petty Officer."
"While I was eating the three approached me and sat down, they started calling doll and sweetheart. I told them my name and asked them to leave me alone to eat in peace." Jen replied.
"Did they?" He asked.
"No. I told them I wasn't interested, told them it was a big red light situation and offered to recite the sexual harassment policy for them. They thought it was a joke. I told them that it was part of my job to know such things because I worked here. They thought it was a joke too and that only officers worked for JAG. I explained what my job was here."
"And?" He prompted.
"Then Colonel Mackenzie came into the mess. She wanted to know where the extra battery for the laptop was. She asked if everything was okay. I replied it was, but I thought it might be a good idea to suggest to the Master Chief that the sexual harassment policy be reviewed with the crew. The Colonel sat down and we chatted for a few minutes while the three stood. When she was ready to leave they took their food and left, I left with her because I'd lost my appetite."
"What happened after that?"
"We went back to work." Jen replied. "The court martial was set to resume the next morning."
Mac's deposition.
"After you brought the court martial to order you recessed it again. Why?" Restrick asked.
"I needed to see Lieutenant Commander Hickson and Lieutenant Braxton to inform them of the list of witnesses I had questions that still needed to be answered from." Mac replied.
"Did they accept that?"
"After a few questions yes."
"What happened then?"
"I'd noticed Petty Officer Coates seemed to recognise the defendant. I questioned her about it. She couldn't place him specifically, seemed to recall it related to her previous billet on the Seahawk with Lieutenant Roberts. I suggested that she call him to put her mind at ease."
"Did Lieutenant Roberts ever provide any light on the subject?"
"After a couple of days. The defendant was the brother of a female seaman who had gone UA to visit him while the Truman was docked. Petty Officer Coates had recognised him from the file that had gone through the Seahawk's legal office."
"Let's move on to the night of the incident." Restrick suggested.
Jen's deposition.
"I woke when I heard a noise outside my cabin then the cry of battle stations."
"What did you do then?" Greenburg asked.
"I got dressed quickly and went out into the passageway. I stopped a seaman and asked what was going on. He informed me that it was a drill."
"So after that what happened?"
"The Colonel had advised me that she knew there was a drill planned. As judge on the court martial she should have been warned so she could brief the members on what to do in such circumstances so that they weren't going to be influenced. So I made my way to her state room to ask her what she wanted me to do."
Mac's deposition.
"I heard the knock on my door after I had woken to the sirens and the cries of battle stations. I got out of bed and opened the hatch. Petty Officer Coates was on the other side she had come to ask what I wanted her to. She informed me she had asked someone and they told her that it was a drill." Mac replied. "I hadn't been advised of such plans so I could have secured the members so they weren't influenced. I informed Petty Officer Coates that we were going to the bridge to find out what was going on."
TBC
