{"id":109958,"date":"2021-01-28T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T20:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=109958"},"modified":"2021-01-28T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T20:58:36","slug":"navy-destroyer-co-fired-after-trying-to-make-his-crew-a-plaque-with-seized-ak-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=109958","title":{"rendered":"Navy Destroyer CO Fired After Trying to Make His Crew a Plaque with Seized AK-47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_109959\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109959\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109959\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/forrest_sherman_ddg_98.jpg?resize=300%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/forrest_sherman_ddg_98.jpg?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/forrest_sherman_ddg_98.jpg?resize=346%2C333&amp;ssl=1 346w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/forrest_sherman_ddg_98.jpg?w=744&amp;ssl=1 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-109959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98)\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Navy is well known for harsh judgments, and there&#8217;s very good reasons for it. This decision, as it reads, seems a bit capricious for what really is a process error.<\/p>\n<p>Davis sends.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Gina Harkins<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The commanding officer of a Navy ship was relieved days ahead of a scheduled change-of-command ceremony after an investigation was opened into his decision to make a plaque commemorating his crew&#8217;s major weapons seizure in the Middle East, his lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Cmdr. Frank Azzarello was removed from his post on the destroyer Forrest Sherman on Wednesday over what the Navy said was a &#8220;loss of confidence in his ability to command.&#8221; He was relieved by Rear Adm. Ryan Scholl, the head of Carrier Strike Group Eight.<\/p>\n<p>Azzarello, who had commanded the destroyer since September 2019, is currently under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, said Cmdr. Ashley Hockycko, a U.S. Second Fleet spokeswoman. But the command declined to provide further details about what prompted the probe or Azzarello&#8217;s relief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be inappropriate to discuss any details until completion of an ongoing investigation,&#8221; Hockycko said.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Parlatore, Azzarello&#8217;s lawyer, said the Navy sacked the commander over his plan to turn a rusty AK-47 assault rifle into a plaque to celebrate the crew&#8217;s celebrated Arabian Sea weapons seizure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s more going on here than a plaque. Read the entire article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/navy-destroyer-co-fired-trying-145513768.html\">Yahoo News<\/a><br \/>\nThanks, David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy is well known for harsh judgments, and there&#8217;s very good reasons for it. This decision, as it reads, seems a bit capricious for what really is a process error. Davis sends. Gina Harkins The commanding officer of a Navy ship was relieved days ahead of a scheduled change-of-command ceremony after an investigation was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,406,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-floggings-will-continue-until-morale-improves","category-guest-link","category-navy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-sBw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}