Tailhook Association

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  In a photo from the US Department of Defense Inspector General's Tailhook '91 investigation report, an unidentified US Navy aviation officer belonging to the VF-124 Fighter Squadron wears a t-shirt emblazoned with the phrase "Women are Property" in the squadron's hospitality suite at the 1991 Tailhook Symposium.
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  John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy 1981-1987. Witnesses stated that they saw Lehman cavorting with strippers in one of the suites at the 1986 Tailhook convention.
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  Admiral Jeremy "Bear" Taylor once dressed up like a Civil War general and rode a white horse into the Hilton Hotel at a Tailhook convention.
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  Randy "Duke" Cunningham
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  Vice Admiral Edward Martin, chief of naval aviation, threatened to cut off Navy support for the Tailhook Association after the 1985 convention.
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  Rear Admiral Jim Service (right) also threatened to cut off Navy support for the Tailhook Association after the 1985 convention.
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  Vice Admiral Richard Dunleavy, Chief of Naval Aviation in 1991 and participant in the planning and operation of Tailhook '91.
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  Rear Admiral Riley Mixson was a deputy to Dunleavy in planning and managing Tailhook '91.
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  Rear Admiral Wilson Flagg was a deputy to Dunleavy in planning and managing Tailhook '91. Killed in 9/11 American Airlines crash into the Pentagon
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  Vice Admiral John Fetterman accompanied Dunleavy around the third floor suites, hallway, and pool patio on both Friday and Saturday nights at Tailhook '91.
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  Vice Admiral Jerry L. Unruh was at Tailhook '91.
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  Vice Admiral Anthony A. Less was at Tailhook '91.
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  Captain Richard Braden was present at Tailhook '91 and helped inspect the damage to the 3rd floor suites after the convention was over but was cleared of any wrongdoing.
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  Admiral Robert Kelly was the senior aviator present at Tailhook '91.
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  Vice Admiral Robert Spane was at Tailhook '91 and later testified under oath that Admiral Frank Kelso was gambling with him on Saturday night.
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  H. Lawrence Garrett, Secretary of the Navy in 1991 and present at the Tailhook '91 convention.
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  Vice Admiral Jay L. Johnson was present at Tailhook '91 but was later promoted to admiral and appointed chief of naval operations.
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  Commander Christopher Remshak ran the Hilton suite at Tailhook '91 where Lieutenant Rolando Diaz performed leg shaves on female volunteers.
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  Barbara Pope, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and participant in the Tailhook '91 inquiry as an advisor to Garrett.
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  Frank Kelso, Chief of Naval Operations and present at Tailhook '91 was later found to have lied to investigators about where he was and what he witnessed at the convention.
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  Admiral Ronald Zlatoper disciplined Admiral Jack Snyder for Tailhook '91-related infractions.
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  USMC Lieutenant General Royal Moore (center) sent out a service-wide letter in 1992, during the Tailhook '91 investigations, asking for nominations for the "prestigious Tailhook Award", angering Congresswoman Pat Schroeder.
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  Rear Admiral John W. "Jack" Snyder was among the first senior officers alerted to the Tailhook '91 scandal.
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  Rear Admiral Duvall "Mac" Williams led the NIS during the Tailhook '91 investigation.
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  Rear Admiral Ted Gordon, USN judge advocate general during the Tailhook '91 investigation.
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  Rear Admiral William Schachte, who replaced Gordon as the Navy's top lawyer.
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  Admiral Jeremy Boorda, who was involved in the Tailhook '91 investigations.
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  Rear Admiral George W. Davis VI, the Navy's inspector general during the Tailhook '91 investigation.
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  Rear Admiral Kendell Pease, the Navy's information (public affairs) chief during the Tailhook '91 investigations.
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  Donald Mancuso directed the DoD-IG investigation into Tailhook '91.
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  Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe who directed the discipline of many of the officers implicated in the Tailhook '91 investigations.
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  Sam Nunn, co-chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, froze the promotions of 4,900 Navy and Marine officers during the Tailhook investigation.
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  Admiral Joseph Paul Reason was assigned by Kelso to oversee discipline of Navy officers implicated in the Tailhook '91 scandal.
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  Admiral Stanley Arthur was assigned by the Navy to hear appeals of the Navy's nonjudicial Tailhook actions.
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  General Charles Krulak was assigned by Kelso to oversee discipline of Marine officers implicated in the Tailhook '91 scandal.
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  (Then) Rear Admiral Archie Clemins chaired the panel which investigated alleged misconduct at Tailhook '91 by officer such as Stumpf.
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  Navy Reserve Captain Robert L. Beck testified that he had seen Kelso on the pool patio on Saturday night at Tailhook '91, which Kelso had denied under oath. Beck was subsequently denied promotion to admiral.
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  Rear Admiral Paul Parcells told investigators that he had seen Kelso on the pool patio on Saturday night.
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  Vice Admiral William C. Bowes told investigators that he had seen Kelso on the pool patio on Saturday night.
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  Captain Daniel Whalen had told investigators that he saw Kelso on the pool patio on Saturday night but recanted in court testimony.
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  Captain Philip G. Howard, Kelso's top aid during Tailhook '91, testified that Kelso was not on the pool patio on Saturday night.
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  Captain William Vest, the Navy military judge who ruled that Kelso had lied under oath during the Tailhook '91 investigation.
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  Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton, who asked Kelso to retire because of his actions during and after Tailhook '91.
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  William Perry, Secretary of Defense, supported Kelso's testimony regarding his involvement with Tailhook '91.
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  Senator Daniel Coats, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Personnel Subcommittee which reviewed Tailhook-linked officer's promotion recommendations.
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  Arnold Punaro, minority staff director for the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), who is alleged to have torpedoed Robert Stumpf's promotion to Captain.
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  Senator James Exon of the SASC supported removing Stumpf from the promotion list.
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  Senator Robert Byrd of the SASC supported removing Stumpf from the promotion list
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  Vice Admiral Edwin R. Kohn attended Tailhook '91
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  USMC Major General Clyde Vermilyea attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Philip Anselmo attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Don Baird attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Joseph Dantone attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Robert Hickey attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) John Lockard attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral John Moriarty attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral William Newman attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Bernard Smith (right, speaking to Kelso in 1993) attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Joseph Walker attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral John Luecke attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Jay Sprague attended Tailhook '91
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  Rear Admiral Jay Yakeley attended Tailhook '91
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  Commander Robert C. Yakely was investigated by a fact-finding board for misconduct at Tailhook '91 but was cleared.
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  Captain Lorry M. Hardt (right background) was a member of Admiral Reason's Tailhook fact-finding panel.
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  Mr. Craig S. King was the Navy's General Counsel then Assistant Secretary during the Tailhook investigations.
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  Captain Donald Guter was Kelso's military legal advisor during the Tailhook investigations.
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  Senator Barbara Boxer pressured the DoD to conduct a thorough investigation of Tailhook.