Naval professor accused of speaking offensively

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Naval Academy professor who allegedly made sexually offensive remarks to midshipmen has been charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and other offenses.

An attorney for Lt. Bryan Black, who teaches oceanography at the academy in Annapolis, said the charges are baseless and that the language his client used was mild in a military setting.

According to military court documents, Black used "crude, sexual terms" to refer to his ex-wife in at least two conversations with midshipmen.

He's also accused of using sexually offensive language to describe his admiration for battleships in a conversation with several midshipmen, at least one of them female. Both of the alleged incidents occurred in August.