I saw that coming the day the story broke. In that biz, there is no second chances. Screw up once and you’re history.
Sorry, just reading that name sent chills down my spine...
In many professions, it simply means that someone wanted him gone, and after looking for faults they finally nailed him on something that everyone does occasionally.
But I don’t know the nature of submarines. Perhaps he was a bad commander.
"Portland is the fourth commanding officer of a submarine to be relieved of duty this year. The other three, who were relieved for various unrelated actions, were: Cmdr. Edwin Ruff of the USS Minneapolis St. Paul, Cmdr. Matthew Weingart of the USS Newport News and Cmdr. William Schwalm of the USS Helena."
High risk command, for sure.
Yep.