[SmithL]

CAPT. CHARLES HILL was relieved from his position as commanding officer of the USS West Virginia due to a "loss of confidence" relating to the command environment aboard the boat during Hill's first patrol as commander.

[SmithL]

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More from The Navy Times: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/01/navy_firedskipper_123008/

[Mr. K]

career over....

I am betting that this is what you get with liberal education

[jafojeffsurf]

This sounds odd, Whats the rest of the story. A boomer CO does not get relieved unless he has a real issue. You don’t (or at least did not) become a CO without being vetted pretty well before hand. Well I guess we are in a new age where vetting is a thing of the past heck our prez-ele was never vetted.

[Robwin]

Maybe the problem here was that the CO could not find the strawberries despite his best efforts.

[Liberty Valance]

"There was no specific incident. It was a condition relating to the command climate that was brought before the commander of Submarine Squadron 16/20's attention after the first patrol that resulted in the commander's loss of confidence in Hill's ability," Rebarich said.

First and last patrol. Yep, there's more to this story. Someday we might even find out what that was.

[traderrob6]

I see it’s an Ohio class vessel. What’s the main difference between an Ohio and LA class sub?

[Peanut Gallery]

Our CO *and* CMC were removed for Loss of Confidence. It was actually called something else, but whatever it was called (forced retirement, reassignment), they were immediately relieved of duty upon inspection by the IG and the command morale was much improved.

[ViLaLuz]

Maybe he openly questioned Obama.