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Navy fires USS Somerset’s commanding officer following investigation
Navy fires USS Somerset’s commanding officer following investigation
Your 2024 relieved Naval Commander Thread
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ThunderHorse
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The haircut in her official photo says everything to me.
What does that even mean?
ThunderHorse
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You can like or dislike whatever you want, and I just remembered discussions with some people here are counterproductive.
Topkick
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…sigh…
I long gave up this battle, but for the sake of saying it again…
On a site filled with serious people, when you openly determine someone’s ability to lead based solely on comments about their appearance, you do not present yourself as a serious person.
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“In 2023, the Navy relieved a total of 16 commanding officers of command: 14 were fired “due to a loss of confidence””
It seems to me that there’s a selection and training issue if you have to fire that many senior leaders in a single year.
At what point are the Admirals held responsible for the performance of their sailors? I wont hold my breath considering only one went to jail over Fat Lenard.
It seems to me that there’s a selection and training issue if you have to fire that many senior leaders in a single year.
At what point are the Admirals held responsible for the performance of their sailors? I wont hold my breath considering only one went to jail over Fat Lenard.
Devildoc
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In the paper I posed several posts back, this isn't new, and numbers that aren't terribly different than some other years. The kicker is, that paper is a bit dated, and used some dated info as references when it was written. So the navy has been dealing with this for, well, forever it seems.
Yes I’m tracking. The thought remains the same though.
Devildoc
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Oh, no doubt. I only bring it up to say that thing about the definition of insanity.... The paper had some remedies and ways to mitigate the issue, and the navy likes to give lip service to it, but nothing changes.
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The soft grounding occurred following the opening ceremonies of the Obangame Express 2024 exercise off the west coast of Africa.
Williams “ran aground May 9, 2024, around 1p.m. [GMT], shortly after leaving port from a routine port visit to Libreville, Gabon. The ship broke free about 5p.m. [GMT] at high tide. No injuries or major damage were reported from the grounding,” reads a statement from NAVEUR.
Devildoc
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The soft grounding occurred following the opening ceremonies of the Obangame Express 2024 exercise off the west coast of Africa.
Williams “ran aground May 9, 2024, around 1p.m. [GMT], shortly after leaving port from a routine port visit to Libreville, Gabon. The ship broke free about 5p.m. [GMT] at high tide. No injuries or major damage were reported from the grounding,” reads a statement from NAVEUR.
I asked a naval officer about this once, I asked something like, is it really that big of a deal to fire a CO for something as minor as a soft grounding? His response was that is basic seamanship 101, and an unforgivable act. If a naval officer can't manage that, they don't deserve command.
Chester Nimitz grounded a destroyer.
Devildoc
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Yes, he did. And being a good Texan you would know that. It appears the Navy of the early 1900s and the Navy of the 2000s are a bit different.
The Quartermaster
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One was serious about doing Navy things, the other was block checking and doing social justice things yet cannot grasp why they are having giant issues now?
Huh, such a toughie to figure out why.
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