Bloody Week for Navy Leaders

Mick and Poetrooper send us news that our Navy has dismissed four commanding officers and a senior enlisted adviser in less than one week due to the vague sin of “loss of confidence.”

Would that I had some confidence in Big Navy’s leadership and goals.

Navy fires five leaders in less than a week

BY ELLEN MITCHELL

The Navy has announced a string of five firings in the span of less than a week, the most recent on Tuesday with the commanding officer of USS Preble guided missile destroyer.

Cmdr. Peter Lesaca was relieved of his role “due to loss of confidence in his ability to command,” according to a Navy statement.

The service did not offer details on his firing, only noting that “Navy commanding officers are held to high standards of personal and professional conduct” and are “expected to uphold the highest standards of responsibility, reliability and leadership, and the Navy holds them accountable when they fall short of those standards.”

Capt. Larry Repass, deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 23, will assume the duties as commanding officer until the permanent and qualified relief arrives, the Navy noted.

Prior to that, on June 11 the Navy relieved Capt. Jeffry Sandin, the commanding officer of the Recruit Training Command, “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.”

The service also did not offer details of Sandin’s firing, and only said he had been reassigned to Naval Service Training Command headquarters.

Capt. Kertreck Brooks, chief of staff of Naval Service Training Command, took over Sandin’s responsibilities.

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The Hill

A little transparency would be a good start to a return to something like trust in our military. I suppose that will have to wait for another administration.

Thanks, gentlemen.

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