Navy unfires minesweeper CO
Two years ago the Navy fired the skipper of the USS Devastator for not maintaining readiness standards. Now, I am hearing, his removal has been overturned. I admire the Navy for maintaining the tradition of relief. But if they really want to be old school, they should give the guy a ship to command. ...
Two years ago the Navy fired the skipper of the USS Devastator for not maintaining readiness standards. Now, I am hearing, his removal has been overturned.
Two years ago the Navy fired the skipper of the USS Devastator for not maintaining readiness standards. Now, I am hearing, his removal has been overturned.
I admire the Navy for maintaining the tradition of relief. But if they really want to be old school, they should give the guy a ship to command. (Last night I cam across yet another Army general in WWII who was relieved of command of a division in combat, only eventually to get another one, and in 1951 became superintendent at West Point. His name is Frederick Irving. Frankly I had never heard of him.)
While we are on the subject, these cats did a nice overview of Navy firings of ship captains.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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