Navy SEAL Under Fire For Moonlighting As Porn Actor

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His porn-star wife says he was just helping her career.

The wife of a decorated Navy SEAL under military investigation for moonlighting as a porn star said he was just helping her career and shouldn’t be sanctioned.

Joseph John Schmidt III, a Navy chief special warfare officer who has spent 23 years in the military, has made more than 30 porn films since 2010 under the name “Jay Voom,” most of them with his wife, porn star Jewels Jade, she told The Huffington Post on Friday.

Naval Special Warfare Command has begun investigating whether Schmidt violated rules that require SEALs to get advance approval for outside work, and whether his superiors knew of his side job, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

“Quite honestly, no one should care because it’s a legal job and a lot of people watch porn,” Jade said. “But he’s such a good operator with a clean record. He’s been Sailor of the Year numerous times and is a great public speaker and recruiter.”

Schmidt, 42, has received numerous medals and ribbons for his service. He had planned to retire from the military in eight months, his wife said. He isn’t commenting on the investigation.

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