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Fitzgerald officer of the deck pleads guilty at court-martial
Stars and Stripes ^
| May 8, 2018
| Dianna Cahn
Posted on 05/08/2018 6:46:25 PM PDT by chajin
WASHINGTON The junior lieutenant in charge of navigating the USS Fitzgerald when it collided with a commercial vessel pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty and acknowledged her role in the deaths of seven sailors last year.
Lt. j.g. Sarah Coppock cried during her court-martial at the Washington Navy Yard. She was sentenced to forfeit half of her pay for three months an additional month on top of the two she forfeited as her nonjudicial punishment. She also received a letter of reprimand.
Not a day goes by where I havent thought about what I could have done differently, she said. There is nothing I can do now but take responsibility.
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TOPICS: Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coppock; courtmartial; fitzgerald; navy
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To: Stingray51
The CO is an O 4 so it isnt very likely that there are any o5s or even any other o4s aboard.
To: Josa
It really does. We have a bunch of women running our war machine, We better clean this up before we have to speak Chinese!!
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:02:33 PM PDT
by
raiderboy
(" weÂ’ll close down the country because we need border" DJT NOW !!)
To: Okeydoker
The ocean is pretty big I understand.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:03:17 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Gay State Conservative
Yes...her career is over...she will not be promoted and will leave after her obligated service.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:03:21 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: chajin
She should have been keel-hauled along with her CO.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:03:30 PM PDT
by
50mm
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To: Gay State Conservative
Article 15 UCMJ is non-judicial punishment. That does not preclude a Court Martial. think of it this way. You are speeding down a highway, you hit a pedestrian. They give you a ticket for speeding, then charge you with a felony for hitting the pedestrian. Conviction at a General Court Martial is equal to a Federal felony Conviction.
To: Chode
Affirmative on what everybody was thinking.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:06:44 PM PDT
by
50mm
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To: chajin
I went to the link and read the 'explanations' for the crash.
It made me think of this...
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:07:38 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Okeydoker
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:08:39 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
To: Okeydoker
Benson, her CO was a Commander 0-5
To: Gay State Conservative
I would guess hers is not the only career that is at a dead end. I lost a captain off my sub because he didnt break radio silence on a ballistic missle sub patrol to report a near collision with a soviet fast attack boat. It cost him his future career advancing to flag level and my boat a trip to dry dock for a new screw (propeller fo novices).
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:09:50 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(AR15 the rednecks Barbie doll)
To: henkster
I will give her credit for taking responsibility and not blaming others. That is the one thing she did right. I read the whole article, which was long, and in it she sounded just like Hillary. "I take full responsibility for this, but it was all those mean guys fault."
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:10:08 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Hard to imagine one actually surviving more than 3 lashes of a cat o nine tail.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:10:49 PM PDT
by
Fhios
(Mr. Magoo or Rip Van Sessions?)
To: Billthedrill
Lieutenant Junior GradeIs that comparable to "Sorcerer's Apprentice" ?
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:11:23 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Billthedrill
And the speculation as to why the Navy was so reticent about identifying the OOD is now over. You got that right.
What are the odds she was texting? They are all over the highways doing that these days.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:11:50 PM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
To: 50mm
looks like it doesn't know whether it's afoot or horseback
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:12:47 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: Okeydoker
No, the Commander is an 05 (Commander). The XO is also an O-5.
To: chajin
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:14:16 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
To: TaMoDee
“Lessons Learned is a great tool to prevent this kind of FUs in the future.”
Bas lessons wasn’t the cause of the accident. Deteriorating command and socialism is what causes these types of incidents and they’ll be plenty more to the point they’ll just be acceptable.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:16:21 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
To: Fhios
From what I understand, many did not survive that punishment.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:16:47 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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