Your 2024 relieved Naval Commander Thread

[DA SWO]

There's one part that jumps out to me.

(emphasis mine)

When I left the Army I started working for a large DoD contractor (not ManTech) while on terminal leave. There were a few (not many) hoops I had to jump through for their legal department in order to do so. One of those not-many-things was that under NO circumstances was I to represent them to a DoD entity until my terminal leave expired. Every echelon of management I interacted with was aware of the situation and to the best of my memory all of them made mention of it during my first few weeks there. I'm not a lawyer, I didn't deep-dive into the legal aspects and I'm not going to delineate where the laws stop and their corporate policy begins -- I trusted their interpretation of the ethics laws. I worked at their offsite location while on terminal leave and I walked into the USAF office I was supporting the morning after my leave ended.

This part of the following paragraph:

makes me think that's likely what got him in trouble.

I missed that part.
I've seen Senior Officers "double dip" (O-6 on terminal leave who started his SES-1 job while on terminal leave.) but that is probably what kills him. I will check with my expert.

 

[Teufel]

Not being a Marine...how do you not have a FITREP in 3-4 years and don't bring that up at some point? Maybe he did, it is an article that will not know or present some facts, but that sounds odd.

Working as a contractor while on terminal leave is fairly common, but his situation sounds different.

I'm not getting the pitchforks ready or a cask of tar and a feather pillow, but I don't understand those aspects. As presented in the article, it doesn't make sense. That said, given the JAG shenanigans of late, I hope this man receives a fair trial. Sadly, those seem to be in short supply for high profile cases.

He was a CWO5 so the fitreps are kind of pointless at that point. Yes he is supposed to still do them but he's a CWO5 and they are known for being on their own program. Not usually this OFP though. I'm surprised they even found him to charge him. I bet he walks. First of all, it seems that the Marine Corps didn't give him a straightforward billet assignment and clear chain of command. I would point to the 4 years of missing fitreps as evidence that no one gave a shit about what I was doing. Hard to hold him accountable for doing his job when he has no billet description. Second, I think I read somewhere that he asked for a legal review. I bet it doesn't fully excuse what he did working for a contractor while on terminal leave but it will still help his case. Finally, this seems to touch a lot of General Officers and senior leaders who should have known better. I suspect this will quietly go away at some point. He will have to recite the Marines Hymn ten times and do one hundred ooh-rahs and be on his way. Likely right back to the same office getting twice the pay as a contractor.