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Pearl Harbor sub commander is relieved of duties
Honolulu Star Advertiser ^ | 2-28-15 | William Cole

Posted on 02/28/2015 2:33:34 PM PST by smokingfrog

The commanding officer of the Pearl Harbor-based Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Mississippi was relieved of his duties Friday due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command, the Navy said.

Cmdr. Tory Swanson was removed from his position by Capt. Harry Ganteaume, commander of Submarine Squadron 1. A command investigation into the circumstances leading to Swanson's relief is ongoing, the Navy said.

Cmdr. Brook DeWalt, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force, said he was limited in what he could say, but that the removal "was a matter of professional nature — not a personal transgression or anything like that. It's issues revolving around operational decision-making."

Swanson, who had served aboard Mississippi since April 2013, has been administratively reassigned to the staff of the Pacific Fleet submarine force, the Navy said.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: toryswanson
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To: Hot Tabasco
REMF, great staff officer,

Huh? Whats that mean?

Rear Echelon Mother F*****. The guys in the rear with the gear. When I was at Bagram Air Base, there were about 15,000 Army types. Only a few hundred ever went outside the wire.

42 posted on 02/28/2015 4:01:25 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Da Coyote

“The coup will come...up I-95...

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Camp%20Lejeune


43 posted on 02/28/2015 4:09:33 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Perdogg

So what’s it say? I don’t subscribe.


44 posted on 02/28/2015 4:10:10 PM PST by Shimmer1 ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: smokingfrog; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


45 posted on 02/28/2015 4:13:32 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: rottndog

Don’t they still have LDOs? I thought prior enlisted were LDOs.


46 posted on 02/28/2015 4:14:37 PM PST by Shimmer1 ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: GeronL

Yeah this guy refused the “squat to pee” training evidently ......sad.


47 posted on 02/28/2015 4:19:41 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: smokingfrog

And another one bites the dust.


48 posted on 02/28/2015 4:23:07 PM PST by sport
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To: rottndog
Somewhere along the line, he pissed off one of Obama’s Commissars.
50 posted on 02/28/2015 4:30:36 PM PST by sport
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To: doxteve2old2operate
“Another Miltary person bites the dust at the rate Barry Hussein Soetoro is going we’re going to have to call up the Militia to fight ISIS Civilians.”
51 posted on 02/28/2015 4:35:33 PM PST by Foolsgold (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: Night Hides Not

Quite possible. Far more likely than the conspiracy theory B.S. you see elsewhere on this thread.


52 posted on 02/28/2015 4:37:34 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Night Hides Not

Well said, Lieutenant.


53 posted on 02/28/2015 4:39:05 PM PST by batterycommander (A little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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To: sport

Being a submariner from years back, seeing the purging of our military worries me not a wit. I believe we have many friends and patriots with us.


54 posted on 02/28/2015 4:40:34 PM PST by Undecided 2012
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To: smokingfrog

I bet Cmdr. Tory Swanson doesn’t pray facing east.


55 posted on 02/28/2015 4:46:43 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: Jim Noble
How did he bet in the Preakness?

Ha Ha, I wonder if anybody else got it, hmmm?

Maybe in a few months?

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

56 posted on 02/28/2015 4:51:26 PM PST by alfa6
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To: hosepipe

Looking for lockstep zombies to protect the criminal element who is destroying the country


57 posted on 02/28/2015 4:58:06 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Empty head empty suit = arrogant little bastard)
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To: smokingfrog

Obama is following in Stalin’s footsteps. He’ll be shooting purged officers soon.


58 posted on 02/28/2015 4:58:20 PM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Undecided 2012

I like the way you think. Hang in there, My Friend, your Country is going to need you on down the road.


59 posted on 02/28/2015 5:03:36 PM PST by sport
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To: leapfrog0202
"Seems to be a lot of officers relieved of command lately - the last couple of years. More than I recall in recent memory, at least".

It not at all unusual, we just hear about it more in the internet age.

There are a lot of guys out there who have been the opportunity to command a warship of the USN.

Few men are good enough. Some are canned, some limp along.

Few meet the enormous demand, fewer still excel.

Commanding a warship at sea 8,000 miles from any familiar civilization, while keeping the ship and crew battle ready, is a rare capability.

60 posted on 02/28/2015 5:09:14 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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