The US Navy has charged seven sailors over video recordings made of female officers and midshipmen without their knowledge aboard one of the first gender-integrated submarines . Among the sailors on the Georgia-based USS Wyoming are three men accused of making the recordings that were passed on to other crew members , documents released showed . While previous reports alleged that the victims were only female officers , documents obtained by Navy Times stated sailors also recorded female midshipmen temporarily aboard the sub . Violated : US Navy has launched investigation into allegations that some of the first women to serve on the USS Wyoming were secretly videotaped in the shower by a male sailor . Vile act : A 24-year-old second class petty officer is accused of recording at least three women while they were showering on undressed aboard the Ohio-class ballistic missile sub . A Navy official told the Navy Times that dozens of women could have been filmed , as sailors had used cellphones on board the Wyoming as far back as August 2013 . One of the sailors charged allegedly traded videos of officers showering for two energy drinks . Another reportedly said the video recordings were 'like Pokémon , got ta catch them all . ' Two of the seven sailors have been referred to court martial . Electronics Technician 2nd Class Joseph Bradley , 25 , is charged with distributing videos and destroying evidence . Charge sheets state Bradley asked an unnamed technician to send over videos of the women when the ship was docked at its home port in Kings Bay , Georgia , which he then passed along to others . Missile Technician 3rd Class Brandon McGarity , 25 , is charged with failing to report the videos and making a false official statement . In addition to the sailors from the USS Wyoming , an individual stationed at Trident Training Facility in Kings Bay is being charged . According to an incident report written last year , the unsuspecting women were recorded bathing and changing aboard the ballistic missile submarine . A 24-year-old second class petty officer allegedly made the videos over the past year and distributed them among his male colleagues . The clips were said to depict at least three servicewomen in the shower and in various states of undress aboard the Wyoming - an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine . The first female sailors were introduced to American subs beginning in 2011 as part of a concerted integration effort , which has been labeled a success by the Navy . The privacy violation scandal comes at an especially sensitive time as Navy officials are preparing to integrate Virginia-class attack submarines . Come January , six female officers will join the crews of USS Virginia and USS Minnesota , according to a statement issued in October 2013 by Vice Admiral Michael Connor , commander of Submarine Forces . A ballistic missile sub such as the USS Wyoming typically has 15 officers and 140 enlisted crew members on board . Officers of both sexes use the same bathing facilities , but whenever a woman is in the shower she is expected to put up a sign indicating her presence inside , and her male comrades must wait until she comes out before entering . Smooth sailing : The integration of ballistic missile submarine crews , which got under way in 2010 , had been labeled a success by the Navy . According to Navy Times , some of the women depicted in the videos are unhappy with the way Navy brass has been handling the incident . The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has launched a probe into the matter , and a spokeswoman for Submarine Group 10 in Kings Bay said the Navy would hold those involved accountable . The man accused of videotaping his female colleagues has not been named in the November 14 incident report , but he has been described as a petty officer assigned to Trident Training Facility . Investigators were first tipped off about the videos last month by an officer from another submarine who received the recordings . The USS Wyoming was at the forefront of the integration effort , welcoming a dozen female supply and line officers in 2011 . A retired supply officer who was in charge of mentoring the new arrivals recalled how on the first day of their tenure she was approached by a male sailor who asked her : 'Where are the females ? ' ‘ I looked at him and said , “ All right , let 's get one thing straight : They 're not females , they 're junior officers on this boat , they 're division officers , and you will address them as Ensign So-and-So , and you can tell everybody else on the boat , ‘ `` she told the paper . Serious incident : The videotape scandal comes at a time when Navy officials are preparing to introduce female sailors to Virginia-class attack subs . In an ABC News story from May 2012 , female submariners talked in glowing terms about how smoothly the integration has been going , and how their biggest challenge was becoming junior officers . ‘ Outside of being female on a submarine , all of us are trying to qualify , all of us are trying to support the ward room and trying to be a team member . That is challenging , in itself , ’ Ensign Abigail Holt said at the time . Female officers now serve on at least seven subs . By 2020 , the Navy will allow enlisted female sailors to serve on submarines as well . Since the Navy lifted its ban on female submariners in 2010 , at least 43 women have joined the service .
The charges come after an investigation by the navy into allegations of privacy violations aboard the gender-integrated USS Wyoming . A 24-year-old second class petty officer allegedly recorded three female officers while showering or undressing . Two other sailors were accused of taping women . USS Wyoming was among first submarines in the Navy to have women join its crew in 2011 . Beginning in January , Navy is expected to integrate Virginia-class attack submarines .