I was never busted (threatened), but I have a funny story or two to relate.
The first ship I was on was kind of a throwback to the old Navy. The XO was a kind of down-to-Earth guy. He liked to have a beer and chase his women like the rest of us. Consequently, he generally handled things at his level rather than let an otherwise good sailor's career get fucked up over what was more or less a minor incident.
When we were in PI, we were moored at NAVMAG Subic Bay (I was on an ammunition ship) and we had to ride a bus from over near the Spanish Gate to the ship. The last night of liberty on the way over on WESTPAC we have to be back at midnight. There was this redneck HT2 who was something of a cutup and this black undesignated seaman who had a somewhat negative militant view of the world. (Stay with me, it gets good.) At midnight on the last night of liberty, everybody's had a few San Miguels too many, a pitcher of Mojo, a pitcher of Bullfrog, and a "short time." So this seaman is talking to one of his buddys in Deck about Barry White. The HT2 is listening and says, "I'll show you a bare white ass!" and moons him, or rather, pulls his pants down and sticks his ass in his face. The seaman wants to fight and starts swinging. A chief jumps in the middle and gets punched and the HT2 just sits there laughing as we pull into the Marine gate at NAVMAG. The seaman goes to the MAA's office the next day and files a report against the HT2 and the chief files one against the seaman. These guys go to CPOI and then XOI. (Stay with me.) Instead of referring the whole thing to Captain's Mast, the XO calls EVERYONE to the wardroom who was on the bus. He hears the seaman's side of the story, the HT2's, and the chief's. The XO then chews out everyone in the wardroom for "...letting these men down. They're your shipmates and as shipmates you all should be ashamed of yourselves for letting them fight." The XO then dismisses the charges conditionally: the next liberty port the HT2 and seaman are ordered to go on liberty together, escorted by a representative of the MAA's office. We got to Mombassa, Kenya and things were tense between these two guys. At any rate, after a little while on liberty, they warmed up to each other, drank a little beer and got to be pretty good friends.
I always thought that that was a smart thing on the part of the XO. He disciplined these guys, maintained crew unity, and no one's career got messed up over one nitwit incident.