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.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
That’s one way to get out of the Navy
Promote the guy to admiral—he would probably be better than most of the woke perfumed crowd we have now...
What one man and a bucket do
Who was worse him or Chelsea Manning. Manning had the security clearance. Blame the Navy on that one.
I wonder if the FBI assisted the Navy in this creation to cover for the leadership and contactor malfeasance?
Cut him some slack - maybe he was undergoing gender-transition at the time, and the hormone therapy made “it” angry (??)
He will get off because only one person saw him or someone who looked like him down there and the witness even said he was not sure as the person had some sort of face covering on.
Damn, who would have ever thought that anyone could destroy more Navy property than John McCain?
Bonhomme Richard.....................
I see what you did there. Didn’t his admiral dad make sure he didn’t take any responsibility for that? Oh, that’s probably crazy talk. Right maver-ick?
If a 20 year old Seaman Apprentice can destroy a $4B aircraft carrier that is larger than anything we had in WWII by himself the Navy has bigger problems than one sailor. China and Russia are certainly taking notes.
I’ll bet he was a fag. This display of vindictiveness pegs him as one.
Why exactly did his “leadership” allow a sailor known for his disdain for the Navy to remain in the Navy?
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The woke leadership probably shares at least some of his views.
What DD? He needs a complimentary bullet from an admiring firing squad.
I would prefer hear of him being hanged or shot.
Better yet, keelhauled.
My thought exactly - this shows an incredible weakness in the design of that vessel.
I’d bet he was a durn queer. They have a lot of rage and little impulse control.
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