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The Commander of this Navy warship walked off the job
Navy Times ^ | 23 November 2016 | David B. Larter

Posted on 11/24/2016 10:20:00 AM PST by GreyHoundSailor

Cmdr. Sarah DeGroot told the head of Amphibious Squadron 3, Capt. Homer Denius, on Monday that she was resigning as the Rushmore's CO. Three sources were unable to immediately specify why she'd taken this highly unusual and likely career-ending move.

(Excerpt) Read more at navytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: navy
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Never heard of this before - saw plenty of folks fired over 25 years, including one FFG Commanding Officer who departed his ship by jumping overboard to see if that would inspire the crew to perform a 'Man Overboard' rescue successfully. Her bio is, imho, quite unimpressive for a Commanding Officer.
1 posted on 11/24/2016 10:20:00 AM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Someone tipped her off?


2 posted on 11/24/2016 10:21:49 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: GreyHoundSailor

She’ll get promoted by President Valerie Jarrett . . . and get a promotion too


3 posted on 11/24/2016 10:22:34 AM PST by laweeks
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Could be anything, but I will say that it’s an incredibly intense job.


4 posted on 11/24/2016 10:24:21 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: GreyHoundSailor

She’s a female. . .all that is required.


5 posted on 11/24/2016 10:24:53 AM PST by Hulka
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Quit her post, not filling a billet, out of the Navy.


6 posted on 11/24/2016 10:26:31 AM PST by AU72
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Interesting. Thanks for posting.


7 posted on 11/24/2016 10:27:49 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: AU72

When I was a DD JO I had a skipper that quit with a nervous breakdown. Then was diagnosed with cancer. He used to break out with hives under stress.


8 posted on 11/24/2016 10:30:33 AM PST by Oldexpat
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If I were the ship's company,
I don't think I'd want to serve
under Alfred E. Neuman's
mother, anyway.

9 posted on 11/24/2016 10:31:58 AM PST by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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She musta lost the ‘edge’...

and...this is how Maverick and Goose get their shot to attend “Top Gun”.

Happy Thanksgiving.


10 posted on 11/24/2016 10:32:23 AM PST by Thunder 6
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To: GreyHoundSailor

The little snowflake couldn’t handle serving under President Trump, perhaps? PPTDS? Pre-President Trump Derangement Syndrome?


11 posted on 11/24/2016 10:32:29 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: BenLurkin

Leave “men” jobs to MEN ladies. We are the baby producers, they are the protectors!

Thank you men for protecting us!!!!


12 posted on 11/24/2016 10:34:48 AM PST by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: PGalt

Navy has been under a lot of pressure. USS Zumwalt, over budget, numerous breakdowns, can’t afford the am,o for its guns. Navy quietly reporting that it is having problems keeping the ships running (maintenance, spares). An emphasis on expensive ‘green’ fuel, transgender changes, etc, instead of focusing on its mission.

A lot of career people are calling it quits on all branches.


13 posted on 11/24/2016 10:35:34 AM PST by rstrahan
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To: rstrahan

Thanks. BUMP!


14 posted on 11/24/2016 10:38:22 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Beating a general court martial and a less than honorable dicharge.

Will we see a lot of these in the next two months, before Trump becomes our president?


15 posted on 11/24/2016 10:43:13 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Some are born leaders,some are born followers. Pressure just may have been too much for her.


16 posted on 11/24/2016 10:46:53 AM PST by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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Maybe she was hoping for an all lesbian crew and the renaming of the Rushmore as USS Lesbianna, aka Hillary’s Love Boat? Not going to happen now that Trump won. It is hard to float a commissioned naval vessel down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, isn’t it Captain Snowflake?


17 posted on 11/24/2016 10:48:13 AM PST by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society. Rack 'em, Danno!)
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Probably placed in command because she was a woman over better qualified men under pressure from the shitty Sec of Navy.


18 posted on 11/24/2016 11:02:03 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: sparklite2

That’s a man.


19 posted on 11/24/2016 11:06:02 AM PST by bkopto
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To: GreyHoundSailor

She heard that the commie CIC was replaced with a real man’s man . . . and it askairt her. Good riddance! Hopefully more of the same will follow.


20 posted on 11/24/2016 11:14:30 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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