Posted on Apr 20, 2020
Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to decide fate of fired aircraft carrier captain
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Reinstate him or allow him to captain another ship. I see the issues with putting him back into the Chain of Command that he felt was toxic. However, he acted in the best interest of his crew. PFC (Join to see) SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" LTC Stephen F. CPL Dave Hoover SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SSG (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers CPT Jack Durish MSG (Join to see)
Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to decide fate of fired aircraft carrier captain
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Actually, he should have been retired years ago. He's been passed over at least twice for Flag (Year Group '92) and was likely continued on the "foreign expertise" board or something similar. He obviously had a Flag Sugar Daddy push for him to get that Skipper job even given his FOS status. Why some of these continuation boards constipate the system and prevent better officers from promoting is beyond me. Continuation boards look at the short game while damaging the long game. With 28 years under his belt and the current paranoia associated with him, a quiet Exit Stage Right is in order.
Re: the jumping the CoC. His boss was right down the passageway. If you are an O-6, you force the problem and responsibility on the Flag as it affects the combat effectiveness of the Task Group. Only heard crickets on this one. I'm far less concerned about Crozier's predetermined outcome as the Flag CoC that didn't properly contain and effectively deal with this problem. There's a much larger issue here than an O-6 going off the Reservation.
Re: the jumping the CoC. His boss was right down the passageway. If you are an O-6, you force the problem and responsibility on the Flag as it affects the combat effectiveness of the Task Group. Only heard crickets on this one. I'm far less concerned about Crozier's predetermined outcome as the Flag CoC that didn't properly contain and effectively deal with this problem. There's a much larger issue here than an O-6 going off the Reservation.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
It seems that the Navy has had more than it's fair share of Command Incidents in recent years. My son was on the Bon Homme Richard when Capt. Dusek was arrested, the fiasco with Gallagher's court martial and aftermath, the Seals indicted for Murdering a SF Soldier, the number of accidents in 7th Fleet Forward and now this. Maybe they should rethink both their officer training and possibly look at reducing operational tempo for the fleets. At least that's how it looks to an outsider.
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CAPT Kevin B.
We probably had the normal number of incidents until it got put on steroids with continual overtasking of fleet assets. I remember being young, off 'Nam and getting about 4 hours sleep a day for months. Brains go numb and you then make mistakes and don't even know it until it's too late. Add to that the Navy's historically bad Public Affairs system which usually increases the damage control needed vs. the opposite. I remember going to O-6 knife/fork school in '98. Even then we got beat up pretty heavily about avoiding the stuff you still see in the news. Lots of billets where spouses were required to accompany. I've seen a large number of O-5/6 types in the process of being tossed as I was a designated transition mentor. Hardly a one came through where I kept questioning "Where do they get these people?" Then again, I had the same question when I met various SES political appointees in the Secretariat. I see no downtick in the future because I see no effective counter. One thing for sure, when there is something new that hits you, people do strange things vs. sticking to training, process, CoC, etc.
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If he went outside of the Chain of Command and sent unsecured info, then he doesn’t deserve command. It is possible to look out for the best interest of your troops while following the rules.
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They don’t know who released it. Former president Theodore Roosevelt went against direct orders to take his troops out of harms way for the Spanish Flu. He himself tested positive as well, among the 800+ of us here that also were infected.
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PO3 David Fries
PO2 (Join to see) he was the Captain of that ship. He is responsible for every message he sends.
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This Captain publicly revealed possible illness related operational shortcomings for his ship and the task force, while in geographic proximity to China. The Chinese forces have since stepped up air naval exercises in the area of task force, "testing" the reactions.
My youngest brother, a retired navy commander and F-18 pilot, says he cannot understand what was going through the Captain's head when he sent out that message in an unsecured manner. Unconscionable was the word he used.
My youngest brother, a retired navy commander and F-18 pilot, says he cannot understand what was going through the Captain's head when he sent out that message in an unsecured manner. Unconscionable was the word he used.
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