... until a successor is named.
Posted on 03/17/2009 4:48:53 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
WASHINGTON — B.J. Penn, assistant secretary of the Navy for installations and environment, will serve as acting Navy secretary until a successor to Donald Winter is named.
Winter, who stepped down Friday, had agreed to stay on in the Obama administration until March 13, or until a replacement was found.
Penn began his career as a Naval aviator, according to the Navy Web site. He amassed more than 6,500 flight hours in 16 types of aircraft. He was EA-6B Pilot of the Year in 1972, according to the site. Thus far, the White House has not hinted who the nominee might be.
Darn!
Good riddance.
As has been covered extensively here on FR, as SecNav Winter played a major role in pushing the disgraceful politically-motivated prosecutions of the Marines in the Haditha prosecutions/”persecutions”. He’s a dishonorable and worthless CYA hack.
Where’s teddy Roosevelt when you need him?
Rebuilding the Navy in a world filling with anti-ship aggressors will be daunting. Heaven help us.
TC
It seems to me that that type of qualification is unnecessary, unless the the Obama administration is preparing to discredit the him for abandoning the “One.”
I suppose it could be that he embellished his resume; but even if he did, it doesn't matter now since he is leaving.
Hadn't considered that. Glad to see him go too.
Unfortunately he will probably be replaced with a more politically correct candidate.
Winter did Murtha's dirty work in the Haditha Marines case. He immediately unleashed 65 NCIS bloodsuckers against our Marines to find convictions any way they could.
One of the very 1st actions he took was PUBLICLY censuring the upper chain of command, (Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck, formerly the 2nd Marine Division Commanding General, his chief of staff Col. R. Gary Sokoloski, and Col. Stephen W. Davis, the Regimental Combat Team-2 commander), ruining their careers on the grounds that the Marines did not accomodate Taliban Tim McGirk of Time magazine fast enough, creating an atmosphere of Undue Command Influence that has put a stench on this case from the very start.
There are still 2 of the Haditha Marines twisting in the wind - Lt Col Chessani and SSgt Wuterich, 3 years and 4 months after the citywide ambush that the 3/1 fought their way out of.
Jaz or Red, could you ping the list?
Thus far, the White House has not hinted who the nominee might be
Based on Obamas nominations to this point it will probally be someone that thinks that largest US Naval base is located in the middle of Utah.
No biggie. Just thought I’d point it out. A member of the “Truth Sqaud’ might attack
If Obama plays by the communist rule book, he will replace the top tier of military officials with “reliable” appointments.
Amen to that, boats!
IMO Murtha and Winter are two of a kind and surely had connections when Winter was head of a couple different defense companies. Whether Winter did what he did to the Haditha Marines at the behest of Murtha or not, he still did it. They both acted reprehensibly!
Here's a link to Nat's write up for Defend Our Marines;
SECNAV Winter's Treachery Taints Haditha Investigations, destroys careers
Good riddance to bad garbage.
The only thing that scares me now is, what kind of worthless dyke will Dumbo appoint as a successor?
I nominate Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
LOL, Lancey. I thought the same thing (but with less colorful language).
Thanks for the ping, jaz.
I think the door hit the ass on his way in, judging the ringy bastard’s actions.
I’ll second that nomination! If he was investigating the Haditha Marines they’d all be home with their families by now.
Cindie
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