Posted on 05/19/2020 12:42:36 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The commanding officer of the Navy warship that spilled thousands of gallons of fuel into a Virginia river earlier this month has been removed from her job.
Capt. Erica Hoffmann, commanding officer of the guided-missile cruiser Philippine Sea was relieved of her duties on Monday, Navy officials announced. Rear Adm. Richard Cheeseman, commander of Carrier Strike Group Two, lost confidence in Hoffmann's ability to command, Lt. Cmdr. Richlyn Ivey with Naval Surface Force Atlantic said.
"Many factors weigh into a decision to relieve a commanding officer due to loss of confidence," Ivey added.
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Translation - it wasn’t the first time ...
Ticonderoga class cruiser was a sweet gig, til it wasn’t.
“Translation - it wasn’t the first time …”
Yep, that’s what it sounds like. And I’d bet that this captain made rank because of her gender. Affirmative action really doesn’t help anyone.
It’s very important to replace her with another woman or a minority though. No matter how incompetent.
Diversity strikes again. PC rampaging throughout the Navy, and other branches too.
Where’s the Austin Powers “That’s a man baby?”
Something is missing. COs don’t wake up, eat chow, and pull the lever, releasing fuel. There is a division officer, a deck officer and a chief that failed their CO.
Poor Captain Erica.
Yep.....not her first time screwing up, but her last as a C.O
For all those troglodytes(affectionately), gender wasn’t the issue, competency was...
Was she promoted because of gender, no one on this forum knows although my troglodyte friends can speculate ..... Peter Principle applies to both genders equally...
BTW, I’m a bit of a troglodyte at times...
She never belonged there.
It’s just not a job for a girl.
dont think they dont go unscathed, you know better
but if all those people are failingmon that ship, its the captains ship and she’s responsible for not having a crew that can do their jobs right
they don’t blink twice aboutmit when a guy loses his command over crap like this
One fuel spill does not torpedo the Captain's career. That's a screw up by someone actually handling the valves etc. You read them and their section leader the riot act, given them s**t duty for a month, pull their quals on a few things and have them (re)take training.
There must be more to the story - a history of significant mistakes (ie. the kind that get noticed by command) that indicate leadership failure from the top down.
Women drivers..
The actual spill happened under the supervision of an enlisted sailor; officers (and especially captains) only give the orders rather than handling the hookups. So maybe you’ve got an E-2 or E-3 Seaman or Fireman doing the actual hands-on work, supervised by a third or second class petty officer, who is accountable to his division first class or Chief petty officer, who is accountable to the ensign, Lt. JG or lieutenant division officer, who is accountable to the XO...
A lot of people have to **** up for a captain to be relieved!
“Something is missing.”
Perhaps you never served.
A Military Commander is 100% responsible for the actions of everyone under their command.
Her wife is probably upset.
“Her first sea duty assignment was in USS FLETCHER (DD 992), homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as the Strike Warfare Officer, Electronics Materials Officer and Assistant Operations Officer. Aboard FLETCHER she earned her Surface Warfare Officer qualification, and in 1998 participated Operation DESERT FOX”.
What about Engineering, Logistics/Supply, Maintenance and Deck officer?
She was on the fast track and in way over her head.
CO of a CG? That’s a big gig.
It often supports a Flag and leads an entire Surface Action Group.
Only for pros.
I served 20 years and I said nothing dealing with responsibility.
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