TOKYO-- The commander and executive officer of the USS John S. McCain were relieved of their duties Wednesday due to lost confidence after thewarship and an oil tanker collidednear Singapore in August. The cause of the Aug. 21 collision is still under investigation but the U.S. Navy descri...
Navy warship commander relieved of duty after embarrassing photo Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the USS John McCain, was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward. Sep 4, 2024 Navy rescues woman, daughter, pets from boat amid approaching hurricane ...
Navy and later in the Second Barbary War. During that war, which began in 1815 Decatur’s squadron decisively defeated the Algerian fleet capturing the Frigate Mashouda and killing the highly successful and chivalrous commander of the Algerian raiding squadron Rais Hamidu. The Pashas of Algiers, ...
The Nightmares wasted no time, and once they were airborne again, they took on the job of escorting the Air Force’s bombers under the leadership of Lt. Col. Homer Hutchinson, who succeeded the late commander in early September. He was notably a much more aggressive commander, who tasked ...
United States of America vs Republic of Panama The construction of a short cut from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans was a pipe dream for much of the 19th century for both the British and Americans. If a canal existed, then trade would be substantially easier and the United States would...
“the comparatively few overburdened surgeons and attendants now on duty still labored every day to the point of exhaustion.”[8]These overworked men were aided by local volunteers as well as members of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, the Christian Commission and the Sisters of Charity. These ...
Lieutenant Commander T.T. Beattie, U.S. Navy, the Navigator, who remained at his post alongside the Captain throughout all the action and made extreme and strenuous efforts to get the Captain, wounded, to a place of safety and to a first-aid station. Lieutenant Commander Beattie then retur...
of the landing force at Tulagi; his wrestling with dengue fever while defending Guadalcanal’s airstrip against a major Japanese counteroffensive; and his successful campaign to take control of the airport and clear out entrenched Japanese forces on the island of Peleliu. Relieved of duty in ...
Its commander was later relieved of duty for not following protocols to prevent the virus from spreading on his ship. A sailor takes off her firefighting ensemble after combating a fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. MC1 Julio Rivera/US Navy “By itself, the (...
In a separate memo, Trump mandated that all agencies “as soon as practicable” halt remote work policies “and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis.” The federal government, with over 2 million employees, is ...