Your 2024 relieved Naval Commander Thread

[Ooh-Rah]

Here’s a Captain who is likely sitting in his cabin updating his LinkedIn profile…

US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel

by John Konrad – gCaptain has received multiple reports that the US Navy oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground yesterday and partially flooded off the coast of Oman, leaving the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group without its primary fuel source.

First reported on the gCaptain forum and by maritime historian Sal Mercogliano, a leaked video and photosshow damage to the ship’s rudder post and water flooding into a mechanical space. US Navy vessels don’t typically transmit AIS signals, so we don’t know the exact location of the ship but a Navy source confirms she is anchored near Oman awaiting a full damage assessment.

 

[DA SWO]

Here’s a Captain who is likely sitting in his cabin updating his LinkedIn profile…

US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel

by John Konrad – gCaptain has received multiple reports that the US Navy oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground yesterday and partially flooded off the coast of Oman, leaving the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group without its primary fuel source.

First reported on the gCaptain forum and by maritime historian Sal Mercogliano, a leaked video and photosshow damage to the ship’s rudder post and water flooding into a mechanical space. US Navy vessels don’t typically transmit AIS signals, so we don’t know the exact location of the ship but a Navy source confirms she is anchored near Oman awaiting a full damage assessment.

Civilian Captain and crew.
Their damage control reactions say a lot.
Capt will probably lose his Merchant Marine certification, then lose his job.

 

[Gunz]

Here’s a Captain who is likely sitting in his cabin updating his LinkedIn profile…

Word is he was playing with ball bearings and wondering what happened to the missing strawberries. Either that, or watering his pet palm tree.

 

[Devildoc]

Word is he was playing with ball bearings and wondering what happened to the missing strawberries. Either that, or watering his pet palm tree.

Wow, cross-referencing classic movies...well done!

 

[AWP]

Please let the captain's name be "Custer."

 

[Gunz]

As they say in Somalia: “I’m the captain now.”

 

[ThunderHorse]

Not our Navy, but uh...

NZ Navy ship runs aground off Samoa

 

[DA SWO]

My BiL was in this unit when she was the XO.
No one is willing to say why she was relieved.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/navy-stacey-oneal-san-antonio-19802108.php

 

[Devildoc]

My BiL was in this unit when she was the XO.
No one is willing to say why she was relieved.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/navy-stacey-oneal-san-antonio-19802108.php

It wasn't that long ago she was commended for her station, though her tik-tocs were cringy.

 

[DA SWO]

It wasn't that long ago she was commended for her station, though her tik-tocs were cringy.

Do you have the tik toc link? Did she do Instagram also?

 

[The Quartermaster]

New Zealand Navy, did they have a haka for diversity hires yet?

$100M Navy Ship With Lesbian Captain Runs Aground, Catches Fire, Sinks

 

[ThunderHorse]

New Zealand Navy, did they have a haka for diversity hires yet?

$100M Navy Ship With Lesbian Captain Runs Aground, Catches Fire, Sinks

See my post above, didn't know she was a Lesbian, but I also read comments from Jacinda Ardern where she praises the Captain because of no loss of life. Sorry, but if you run your ship aground, it catches fire, then it cap-sizes, and then it sinks?

 

[Devildoc]

Do you have the tik toc link? Did she do Instagram also?

I don't. It wasn't anything bad, just her walking down the street talking about opportunities in the Navy. I think IG too? Nothing of what I saw, which admittedly was a 'n' of maybe 3 total, was weird enough to be an issue.

 

[Box]

New Zealand Navy, did they have a haka for diversity hires yet?

$100M Navy Ship With Lesbian Captain Runs Aground, Catches Fire, Sinks

Speaking HER truth:
In 2022, Commander Gray said she wanted to further the capabilities of a ship that was still in its infancy.
Speaking the REAL truth:
Commander Gray's maternal instincts resulted in that "infant" ship of hers succumbing to Sudden Infantship Death when it ran aground, burst into flames, and sank.

-Ran Aground
-Burst Into Flames
-Sank

I don't think it has anything to do with lesbianism - but that's just me - my social bias is informed by over 50 years of male privilege. Truth be told, I'm not sure why such a quantifier as "lesbian captain" even needed to be part of the story. The REAL story is nothing more complicated than "hey look what happens when incompetent people of ANY race, creed, religion, gender, or sexual orientation are put in charge of ANYTHING purely based on their race, creed, religion, gender, or sexual orientation"

Besides, depending on your perspective, Sexism and homophobia can’t diminish Commander Gray’s heroic actions - she saved 75 lives by quickly rescuing them after she let her ship run aground, catch fire, and sink...
Ordering her crew to abandon ship after letting it run aground and burst into flames "is a testament to her experience and skill as a commander"

It could have just a easily been a toxic cisgendered middle aged white guy that caused the incident but the facts are pretty easy to follow - the HMNZS Manawanui is not recoverable and has sunk into the ocean
...because the ship's captain was apparently shit at her job but hey, she saved 75 lives


Play stoopid games,win stoopid prizes.

 

[DA SWO]

This Captain allowed her ship to hit a Wharf, maybe she thought she was hitting Worf?

The Post

 

[ThunderHorse]

Ok, so here's a question. Since both Captain's happened to be lesbians, is RNZN promoting DEI folks over competent personnel? Have shitty policies led to limited retention of competent folks? I'm not saying sexuality has anything to do with this, but two in a week is more than a coincidence.

 

[Box]

Ok, so here's a question. Since both Captain's happened to be lesbians, is RNZN promoting DEI folks over competent personnel? Have shitty policies led to limited retention of competent folks? I'm not saying sexuality has anything to do with this, but two in a week is more than a coincidence.

Just my opinion - two in a week - three in a week - four in a week - it doesn't matter as long as everyone gets a shot at ekwalitee of outcome.

Shit people make shit choices because they have shit decision making skills. Its how the system works: garbage in = garbage out
DEI isn't what put that woman - or any other Sailor - in charge of a naval vessel. Shit leaders with the power to lead through activism assign subordinate leaders to jobs that they have NO business doing much less commanding.
SHIT leaders are put in place by SHIT senior leaders that think we have too many white guys flying fighter jets - and they are put in place by SHIT civilian leaders and those SHIT civilian leaders are put into position by SHIT citizens that vote for SHIT leftists because it the lazy way of living.
RINES and REPEAT.

Its not the fault of DEI - its not even the fault of the dumb ass "elected" representatives that force this crap on the world at large.
It's your next door neighbor - your kids math teacher - the asshole the wants 15 bucks an hour just to tell you the fucking milk shake machine still isn't working - it's your boss - your sister - your brother - your auto mechanic, the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, and the airheaded receptionist at the fucking dentists office...
...all of whom are just SHIT people willing to empower other shit people. SHIT people that think anyone that doesn't agree with them is just a toxic, cisgendered, privileged, misogynist, racist for espousing the concept of a meritocracy.

It's what we have ALL agreed to over the decades under the veil of incrementalism. Leadership through activism - its what's for dinner - and we have ALL sat by and let it happen.

"Its time to rip off the band aid and eat your peas"
- Barack Hussein Obama

 

[Ooh-Rah]

The hits just keep coming…

Navy relieves commanding, executive officers of Naval Repair Station Japan

The commanding and executive officers of the Navy’s main repair facility in East Asia were relieved of their duties this weekend.

Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela and Cmdr. Art Palalay, who led the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center based in Yokosuka, Japan were removed on Sunday, Oct. 20 by Rear Adm. William Greene, commander of Navy Regional Maintenance Center. The decision was because of a “loss of confidence in their ability to command.”

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Coast Guard enters the chat…

Coast Guard relieves commander and top enlisted leader of San Diego sector

I’d give almost anything to learn what “treated unfairly“ translates to…

Capt. James Spitler, left, and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Dioquino were temporarily relieved of command on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, as the commander and senior enlisted leader of Coast Guard Sector San Diego after an investigation into reports that they had treated subordinates unfairly.

 

[The Quartermaster]

I’d give almost anything to learn what “treated unfairly“ translates to…

Same.