Posted on 08/05/2021 9:34:55 AM PDT by rktman
The U.S. Navy's leadership has drawn a lot of criticism for its wokester focus as its mission goes fallow.
Now we're seeing this report:
Just before a fire started on a warship that burned for nearly five days in San Diego last summer, a witness told investigators he saw a fellow sailor — known to his leadership for showing disdain toward the Navy — walking to the spot where the blaze first ignited.
Ryan Sawyer Mays, a 20-year-old from Kentucky, carried a metal bucket into the vessel’s lower storage area, according to new court documents identifying him as the person accused of destroying the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard. Navy officials announced last week that a sailor had been charged with aggravated arson and willful hazarding of a vessel in connection to the July 2020 fire, but they did not publicly identify the suspect.
Mays is not only accused of intentionally setting the blaze, but also of tampering with fire-safety equipment on the ship and crime-scene evidence in an attempt to hinder the federal investigation, according to documents filed in the Southern California U.S. District Court and unsealed Tuesday.
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You've just narrowed it down to about 90% of all E4 and below.
Junior Sailors in the Navy bitch about the Navy. It's what they do.
I guess he expected the Navy to be like in that Village People video.
I had one of my Yeoman pals cut me orders for BFE back in the day. LOL!
If you kicked out every Junior Sailor that said, "The Navy sucks! I hate the Navy!" there wouldn't be anyone left.
Junior Sailors bitch about the Navy pretty much constantly (unless there's a camera in front of their face. They're not that dumb).
Find me a sailor who didn’t hate the Navy. And I did 22 years!
Certainly there is no excuse and he needs to never breathe air as a free man again. But a bitching sailor is a happy sailor.
Shudda joined the Army.
Yes I agree, the bad break up was probably with another boy. Ryan looks like a flaming homo.
He should be put in front of a firing squad.
Crap you beat me. I worried more about the guys who said they loved the Navy. THEY were the sketchy psychos!
Hmm. Now I understand why the Clayton Hartwig story has such legs for so long.
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I’m guessing lgbtq after being dissed from the cis gender community on Facebook and Twitter. Or roid rage?
Did any of what I just typed be understood in the real world?
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I would not declare the man guilty knowing how incompetent the NCIS can be.
At least this sailor didn’t ram the Bonhomme Richard into a cargo ship or another Navy vessel.
This sailor will now join the ranks of others before him who have burned down their ships. Think “USS Oriskany.”
Just imagine what a bomb or a torpedo would have done.
It would seem to take a special kind of incompetence to make a big steel ship that flammable.
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Semper Fi brother in arms. LOL! From a Snipe.
Why exactly did his “leadership” allow a sailor known for his disdain for the Navy to remain in the Navy?
Why exactly did his “leadership” allow a sailor known for his disdain for the Navy to remain in the Navy?
1. If this guy is charged and found guilty, he will probably spend the rest of his life in a military prison.
2. Not sure what they mean by “showing disdain”. However, lots of enlisted are unhappy for one reason or another and gripe about it. That does not mean they go out and cause this kind of damage. In fact, it typically harmless. Until more details come out, I am willing to withhold judgement.
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