Your 2024 relieved Naval Commander Thread

[DA SWO]

Do we know what the US charge is? I'm trying to think of US jurisdiction...

He's accused of training Chinese Military Pilots in US Tactics.

 

[DA SWO]

Graphic at 14:39 makes some sense of the scenario.

 

[Kraut783]

He's accused of training Chinese Military Pilots in US Tactics.

Apparently he violated the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), by failing to get a license/permit. Specifically by training carrier landing operations…interesting case

 

[Blizzard]

Reported account from the pilot of Ripper 11:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871930461095616691

 

[DA SWO]

Who gets fired and when will tell us who fucked up.

CG TAO is probably toast.

 

[Blizzard]

Well, here's a link to the CO of the USS Gettysburg, along with a screenshot because his bio probably won't be up much longer...
Commanding Officer, USS Gettysburg (CG-64)

 

[ThunderHorse]

I think we might need one for 2025...

US aircraft carrier collides with ship in Mediterranean Sea

 

[Devildoc]

Should come as no surprise: Truman CO fired

Navy relieves CO of USS Harry S. Truman following collision

 

[AWP]

Should come as no surprise: Truman CO fired

Navy relieves CO of USS Harry S. Truman following collision

Fucking DOGE...

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Should come as no surprise: Truman CO fired

Navy relieves CO of USS Harry S. Truman following collision

Capt. Dave Snowden

That’s a tough last name to carry around in Military circles.

 

[AWP]

A long follow-up on the shootdown. I won't even try to summarize this except "bad equipment was knowingly shipped to the fleet, communications broke down, multiple pieces of equipment didn't work as it should, training (particularly the initial A School pipeline) was poor, and some of this was known to the Navy as early as 2023."

Otherwise, great nerd breakdown on combat systems. @SpongeBob*24, Link 16 and PPLI even get a shout out and explanation.

 

[DA SWO]

A long follow-up on the shootdown. I won't even try to summarize this except "bad equipment was knowingly shipped to the fleet, communications broke down, multiple pieces of equipment didn't work as it should, training (particularly the initial A School pipeline) was poor, and some of this was known to the Navy as early as 2023."

Otherwise, great nerd breakdown on combat systems. @SpongeBob*24, Link 16 and PPLI even get a shout out and explanation.

Who shipped the bad equipment?
Crappy training standards was identified as a casual factor in the ship collision off Japan.
"W" and Rummy own this.

 

[AWP]

Who shipped the bad equipment?
Crappy training standards was identified as a casual factor in the ship collision off Japan.
"W" and Rummy own this.

The contractor knew and NAVSEA signed off on the delivery. (I'd presume a SOVT and whatever else occurred).

 

[DA SWO]

The contractor knew and NAVSEA signed off on the delivery. (I'd presume a SOVT and whatever else occurred).

funny in a non ha ha way, my brother's last assignment at NavSea killed his career. He got screwed by making contractors deliver products that met specs. Officers above him were looking for post retirement jobs and looked the other way. Contractors bitched and his evaluation was less than spectacular.

 

[BloodStripe]

funny in a non ha ha way, my brother's last assignment at NavSea killed his career. He got screwed by making contractors deliver products that met specs. Officers above him were looking for post retirement jobs and looked the other way. Contractors bitched and his evaluation was less than spectacular.

My Chief of Contacting refuses to be the source selection authority or review any contract actions over $20m because of post retirement jobs that it may exclude her from. She’s a real piece of work…

We’re currently evaluating the largest contract our office has ever had (CPFF) and she sent it straight to our HQ for DASN review without ever lifting a single page of it.