Ashkenazki reprimands Marom, who apologizes for his misconduct and the damage caused to the IDF.
By YAAKOV KATZ
OC Navy Admiral Eli Marom was reprimanded on Tuesday by IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi for attending a party at a Tel Aviv strip club on Monday night.
Marom, a decorated veteran Navy commander, was spotted at the strip club and a report about an anonymous senior officer appeared in Tuesday's Yediot Aharonot newspaper. The IDF confirmed that the officer was Marom.
"Marom informed Ashkenazi that he had been at a strip club and that he is aware that this behavior does not correspond with the values of the IDF for an officer of his stature," the IDF Spokesman said in a statement. "Marom apologized for causing the IDF harm and said that it was a one-time and regrettable slip."
Ashkenazi appointed Marom commander of the Israel Navy in August 2007, in place of Maj.-Gen. David Ben- Bashat.
Marom served in the past as deputy commander of the navy and head of Naval Intelligence and played a key role in the capture of the PLO's Karine-A weapons ship in 2002.
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