Navy fires skipper, XO and engineering and ops officers of USS Vandegrift
The four officers of the frigate were sacked for drinking too much on a port visit to Vladivostok. Well, what else is there to do there? And have you ever noticed how the Navy seems to do its firings on Fridays? I guess that is traditional.
The four officers of the frigate were sacked for drinking too much on a port visit to Vladivostok. Well, what else is there to do there?
The four officers of the frigate were sacked for drinking too much on a port visit to Vladivostok. Well, what else is there to do there?
And have you ever noticed how the Navy seems to do its firings on Fridays? I guess that is traditional.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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