Navy commodore to be relieved of command over Iran's capture of his sailors

foxnews.com ^ | 6/23/16 | Lucas Tomlinson

[ColdOne]

The commodore in charge of the two U.S. Navy boats that strayed into Iranian waters leading to the capture of his 10 sailors for 16 hours in January will be relieved of command likely putting an end to his career, Fox News has learned.

[xrmusn]

A senior Captain, usually on track for Admiral, with more than one ship under his overall command. (My memory)
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A Commodore was a 1 star Admiral back in the day when the Navy Captains went directly to 2 Star Admirals...Which ‘rankled’ them (USN Captains) when in a Joint Command (Pentagon for example) while a 4 Striper (USN CAPT) could actually be Senior to a 1 Star General Army/AF/USMC type.

The ‘it’ really hit the fan when the Navy Capt finally got to put on his ‘Stars’ and reported to work the following day with TWO Stars, while the 1 Star ‘others’ still had one star)

A USN Commodore in the fleet is ANY Officer who commands a squadron, in my LST days, the Commodore was a Full Commander, usually either getting ready to retire or on verge of making Captain.

We would address him as Commodore, the same way we addressed our Lt Commander or Commander COs as Captain.

As to ‘piping aboard’,
“””COMMANDER, LST SQUADRON 9 ARRIVING””” (Squadron CO)
“””TERRELL COUNTY ARRIVING”””(Ships CO)

[paddles]

They should relieve Commander, 5th Fleet, VADM Donegan. He is the one ultimately responsible for what happened.

[Dundee]

In Commonwealth countries (Australia, the UK, Canada, New Zealand,etc) it is a 1 star rank. It’s a better sounding name than Rear Admiral Lower Half.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I was in Task Force K-Bar, a SEAL and Combined special operations unit in 2001/2 operating in Afghanistan, the Navy Captain in Command (Robert Harward) was referred to as the Commodore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_K-Bar

[rmlew]

1. On June 8, 1967, US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was suddenly and brutally attacked on the high seas in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel. The Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public. The USS Liberty Memorial web site tells their story and is dedicated to the memory of the 34 brave men who died.

Every sentence after the first one is a silly lie. There have been 3 investigations. Israel has released audio tapes. Multiple members of the crew and the captain have spoken openly.
The only people hiding things are the National Security Agency, which has blood on its hands for ignoring a presidential promise to keep ships out of the area, and sending in the USS Liberty without telling Israel and without an escort.

[jimfree]

(Bells, then 1MC) "Servron Four, arriving"

Yep.

[Oztrich Boy]

One Star Admiral

[george76]

there was no navigation brief and when the order was given to evade the Iranian forces, the helmsman refused the order.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Maybe the USN switched back....they went from Commodore to Rear Admiral Lower Half in early 80s.