Navy Wants to Reinstate Fired Captain of Coronavirus-hit Carrier File photo: Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew during an all-hands call on the ship’s flight deck in November 2019 (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas...
Navy leadership recommended Friday that Capt. Brett Crozier, the recently fired commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, be reinstated to his prior command. The proposal is the result of an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the former skipper’s dismissal appr...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Navy fired two commanding officers of the USS John S. McCain on Wednesday, nearly two months after the warship's collision with a tanker off Singapore left 10 sailors dead. The guided-missile destroyer's commanding officer Alfredo J. Sanchez and ...
SEAL Team Seven's commanding officer, Commander Edward Mason, and the top enlisted leader, Command Master Chief Hugh Spangler, filed a complaint Tuesday with the Department of Defense Inspector General to demand the independent agency conduct an investigation into the Sept. 6 fi...
Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela, former commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka, Japan, and his executive officer were relieved of command over the weekend. (U.S. Navy) The Navy fired both the commanding and executive offic...
In a statement, the Navy said Capt. Dee Mewbourne will assume command as the Enterprise's new commanding officer Tuesday afternoon. Mewbourne was serving as the chief of staff for Navy Cyber Forces. He had previously commanded the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. ...
DID THE NAVY DECEIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP? – WHEN CAPT. CROZIER’S CHAIN-OF-COMMAND WAS PARALYZED WITH INDECISION, HE FIRED OFF A MEMO TO GET HELP PROTECTING THE LIVES OF HIS CREW. MEANWHILE, RADM BAKER WHO WAS ALSO ON THE SHIP REMAINS QUIET AS A CHURCH MOUSE. ...
Navy announced on Friday that the fired commander of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will not be reinstated. "I will not re-assign Captain Brett Crozier as the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, nor will he be eligible for future command," Chief of Naval ...
Michigan. While passing through an area of thunderstorms and turbulence over Ohio early in the morning of the 3rd, the airship was torn apart and crashed near Marietta.Shenandoah’scommanding officer, Cmdr. Zachary Lansdowne, and 13 other officers and men were killed. Twenty-nine survivors succe...
Navy Admirals fired or relieved over 133 commanding officers, including human resource officers, citing a lack of confidence in their leadership ability. Most of the firings were not from a lack of technical competency, rather the result of poor personal decisions. The specific problem addressed ...