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The Navy just jettisoned its 20th commander of the year, the skipper of the USS Kentucky, a ballistic missile submarine. 

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
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The Navy just jettisoned its 20th commander of the year, the skipper of the USS Kentucky, a ballistic missile submarine. 

The Navy just jettisoned its 20th commander of the year, the skipper of the USS Kentucky, a ballistic missile submarine. 

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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