(Documentation is from the Department of Defense Inspector General report, February 1993)
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Even though most of the
victims of Tailhook
were women
(as shown in the chart),
there were
instances of assaults on men.
All of the documented assaults happened in
various areas of the
third floor. Click on victim numbers for
details of the assaults,
including the most well known -
victim #50, LT. Paula Coughlin.
Post-Tailhook
letters from top officials concerning
the misconduct:
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Letter (10/11/91)
from CAPT. Ludwig, Jr
President, Tailhook Association
(regarding "unprofessionalism" at
Tailhook '91).
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Letter (10/29/91)
from H. Lawrence Garrett III
Secretary of the Navy
(Deploring Tailhook '91
and terminating all Navy support for
the Tailhook Association.)
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All of the "hospitality suites"
for Tailhook '91were located
on the third floor of the
Hilton. Some of the rooms were
adjacent to the
pool/patio area,
where incidents of streaking were reported. The
hallway that led from the elevators
past the suites was known as
The Gauntlet.
It was this area that held the
highest percentage of
assault claims. However,
there were a few other
notable suites, all of which were hosted by Naval
squadrons. One suite known as
the Rhino suite was
hosted by a sqaundron that had been
deacitvated the previous year.
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