The U.S. Navy has disciplined an officer for calling enlisted sailors 'hatchet-wielding perverts' and 'deviants' who posed a risk to his family in a typo-ridden letter.

The letter was signed by 'Lt. Nathanael Allison, PhD', who wrote that he had been given orders to live in Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan for the next three years.

The disciplinary action against the officer comes after an investigation was opened last week when the letter was circulated on social media.

In the letter, Allison said he was willing to pay for his family to live in a hotel rather than have them staying in enlisted housing, Task & Purpose, which obtained a copy of the letter, reported last week.

Pictured: A copy of the letter believed to be sent by Lt. Nathanael Allison, resulting in the Navy taking disciplinary action against him

Pictured: A copy of the letter believed to be sent by Lt. Nathanael Allison, resulting in the Navy taking disciplinary action against him

Allison alleged that the enlisted quarters were unsafe for his family because of alcoholism, rampant drug use, sexual assaults, and 'other perverts'.

'I personally had to deal with an enlisted child molester as my subordinate,' wrote Allison, who added that sailors who stayed in enlisted housing were 'often drunk and hostile.'

'I have a good-looking family, a wife and two daughters age 3 and 4. They are prime targets to be victims for these enlisted deviant activities. My family should be safe in housing that is with officers,' Allison wrote.

'Officers are more respectable and theses [sic.] type of deviant activities are incredibly rare compared to deviant activities of enlisted being common place. [sic.]'

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Pictured: An aerial image of the the USS Ronald Reagan arriving at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, in 2017. The U.S. Navy has disciplined an officer for calling enlisted sailors 'hatchet-wielding perverts' and 'deviants' who posed a risk to his family in a typo-ridden letter after he was ordered to live at the base for a year

The Lieutenant also complained that living in enlisted accommodations could isolate his family from other officers who would be reluctant to visit them.

He argued that if he were forced to live with enlisted sailors, he would be duty bound as an officer to report any instances of drug use he may witness.

This, he wrote, would place his family at risk of retaliation, and he would constantly have to break up brawls among the other sailors. 

'A few tours ago, an enlisted housing unit had two gangs attacking each other with hatchets and other weapons over competing drug turf,' he wrote. He did not clarify where the hatchet-fight occurred.

'Forcing an officer to live in a large apartment building with almost with enlisted is unethical. Factor in the fact that it is far away from work and far away from other officer housing even on Ikego and this is just wrong in every way,' he added.

Pictured: Family Housing in Yokosuka and Ikego, where Lt. Nathanael Allison took issue with being placed after being ordered to live at the base for three years

Pictured: Family Housing in Yokosuka and Ikego, where Lt. Nathanael Allison took issue with being placed after being ordered to live at the base for three years

According to a response from Naval Hospital Yokosuka commanding officer Capt. Carolyn Rice posted on Sunday to the hospital's Facebook page, the base hospital is investigating the letter for its strong remarks and language used.

'I am aware of the recent allegation that a member of our staff sent a letter to the housing office with comments disparaging to enlisted service members,' Rice wrote.

'We are conducting an internal investigation into the matter and if any allegations are found to be true, we will take appropriate actions.' 

Allison's command is also reportedly working with the housing office to confirm the letter's authenticity and authorship, spokeswoman for the hospital Erika Figueroa told Stars and Stripes last week.

'It is under investigation, as is any case when someone allegedly acts in a way that is counter to our standards of behavior,' she told the military news outlet. 

The letter was reportedly sent on February 8, but began circulating on social media and causing outrage last week after it was posted to military community Facebook pages, and a YouTube video about the letter received over 300,000 views.

Navy veteran and Ikego resident Amber Borrero told Stars and Stripes that she found the comments about her neighborhood unsettling. 

'I always feel safe here,' she said last week. 'It's really upsetting, because our community is always really helpful. We have support pages specifically for Ikego, and if anyone needs anything they can make a post, and someone usually helps.' 

However, not all disagreed with the letter's sentiment. The official Terminal Lance Twitter account, run by Marine veteran, cartoonist, and author Maximilian Uriarte, wrote in response: 'I mean he's not wrong.' 

In the US Navy, Lieutenant is the third commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, and is comparable to the rank of Captain in the other branches of the Armed Service. It is the 18th rank in the United States Navy. 

Enlisted sailors are members of the Navy or Navy Reserve who serve in an occupational speciality that requires a high school diploma (or GED) as a minimum educational requirement.

Ikego base is around seven miles from Yokosuka in Japan. It features more than 800 housing units. 

The typo-ridden letter signed by 'Lt. Nathanael Allison, PhD' accusing enlisted sailors of being 'deviants' and 'perverts'

Good Morning Housing Professionals,

I just reached out to my Commander about this huge issue trying to force me to live with enlisted You will likely here from them soon. Several officers just told us that there are 2 townhomes available right now where they live at Fourth Avenue and Vandergrift and also Sakura Heights. My family and I have orders for 3 years here in Yokosuka and will likely be extended to 4 years as this happened to the last officers in my position before me. I have many valid objections to living in a building of almost all enlisted and even many lower enlisted being an officer. I am prepared to pay for a hotel for my family and I until actual officer housing can be found for us. I am even prepared to pay for my housing the whole tour if I have to. I have serious concerns for Safety, support and integrity.

Safety: I have been an investigative officer and superior officer to many deviant enlisted sailors. There is a lot of crime, violent actions, drug use and alcoholism that happens in enlisted housing. There are also sexual assaults and other perverts. I personally had to deal with an enlisted child molester as my subordinate. I also have had to deal with man drug and alcohol related problems. There are often drunk and often hostile sailors hanging around enlisted housing. Housing with enlisted greatly increases the risk to my family. I want to feel safe for my family every time I leave to work. This will greatly affect my mental state at work to always be worrying about my family. I have a good-looking family, a wife and two daughters age 3 and 4. They are prime targets to be victims for these enlisted deviant activities. My family should be safe in housing that is with officers. Officers are much more respectable and theses type of deviant activities are incredibly rare compared to deviant activities of enlisted being common place. Safety has huge psychological impact on quality of life. This enlisted housing will increase the risk to my family and mentally cause my family and I to be worried and unhappy due to safety.

Support: It is important when overseas to have support from your community. This is even more important with COVID. The almost entire enlisted building that was proposed is in the back of Ikego isolated away from any support for me and my family. Its’s away from all the other officers at my command that could support me. As an officer I cannot fraternize with the enlisted. My family and I will be isolated in the building that I am living in. We will not have the support that a normal officer family should have to succeed. Other officer families will not want to visit us because our family lives in enlisted housing. This proposed housing assignment is cutting of the support that my family needs during this overseas assignment and with COVID. My children need to make friends with other officer children. My wife needs to make friends with other officers’ wives. I need to make friends with other officers. This proposed housing is isolating our family during a vulnerable time when we are transitioning overseas and don’t have any support. We need to be in actual officer housing surrounded by other officer families so my family and I get actual support and are not completely isolated and trapped by ourselves.

Integrity: As a Naval officer, I have integrity. If I see the enlisted breaking the law or acting in an inappropriate way, I am required at all times to react and correct the problem or situation. Living with enlisted puts my family and myself in a compromising position. A few tours ago, an enlisted housing unit had two gangs attacking each other with hatchets and other weapons over competing drug turf. As an officer, if I see drug use or other illegal activity in enlisted housing, I have to report it. This put me and my family at risk of retaliation because I will have to live right next to them with this proposed housing. I am not willing to compromise between integrity and safety and I shouldn’t have to. Officers shouldn’t live in housing with almost all enlisted personnel. This doesn’t even factor in the situation where I may have to demote or penalize enlisted personnel I work with, and then come back home where they also live right by me. This creates an awful living arrangement and my family and I in many compromising situations. I will choose to keep my integrity and will probably make many enemies in the housing complex, creating more problems and further isolation of my family.

Forcing an officer to live in a large apartment building with almost with enlisted is unethical. Factor in the fact that it is far away from work and far away from other officer housing even on Ikego and this is just wrong in every way. I am prepared to pay to stay in a hotel or temporary lodging for however long is necessary to get actual officer housing with other officers. I am also prepared to pay for housing the whole tour if I have to. Please help me find housing that is acceptable for my family so we can be safe, supported and maintain our integrity.

Very Respectfully,

LT Nathanael Allison, PhD 

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