Weirdness aboard the USS Cowpens
So it turns out that the skipper of the Cowpens who was relieved in June (the third in a row!) had taken to his sickbed for weeks while deployed, where he was nursed by his female acting XO, with whom he was found to be "unduly familiar."
So it turns out that the skipper of the Cowpens who was relieved in June (the third in a row!) had taken to his sickbed for weeks while deployed, where he was nursed by his female acting XO, with whom he was found to be "unduly familiar."
So it turns out that the skipper of the Cowpens who was relieved in June (the third in a row!) had taken to his sickbed for weeks while deployed, where he was nursed by his female acting XO, with whom he was found to be "unduly familiar."
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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