USS Kitty Hawk's captain is relieved of duty

Pacific Stars and Stripes ^ | 9/4/02 | Giordono

[LonePalm]

She was known as the $hitty Kitty 20 years ago.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[saminfl]

They're too busy having sexual harrasment training, sensativity training, or some other BS PC 'training'.

That is probably the truth. Have you heard the Navy's enlistment commercials? It sounds like they want to enlist brownies rather than sailors.

[pabianice]

In 1966:

[steve in DC]

There is one major problem with stealth ships...They can easily be located!

See, with a stealth airplane, radar returns nothing. Which is great, because if there is nothing there, that is precisely what the radar should return.

With a stealth ship, radar returns nothing. Which is a problem, because the radar should return a lot of sea clutter. Look where the sea clutter ain't and presto! There's your stealth ship, sir!

[Non-Sequitur]

There are women on most of the ships in the Navy. Are you suggesting that their morale is rock-bottom, too?

[Poohbah]

With a stealth ship, radar returns nothing. Which is a problem, because the radar should return a lot of sea clutter. Look where the sea clutter ain't and presto! There's your stealth ship, sir!

Gosh. Maybe you can show those folks at Lockheed how to detect their Sea Shadow, because the USN can't seem to figure out how to do this amazingly easy thing.

[boris]

"Still wondering about the Taiwan Strait possible nuetron incident against forward deployed carrier."

What's a nuetron?

Part of Jimmy Carter's "Noo-cue-lar" Navy?

--Boris

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

From Navy Newsstand's "Breaking News" section:

USS Kitty Hawk Commanding Officer Relieved

Story number: NNS020903-01

Release date: 9/3/2002 8:03:00 AM

From 7th Fleet Public Affairs:

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard, relieved the commanding officer of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Capt. Thomas Hejl, Sept. 3 due to a loss of confidence in Capt. Hejl's ability to lead his crew and carry out essential missions and taskings. Capt. Hejl will be temporarily assigned to the Naval Air Forces, Pacific staff in San Diego.

The United States is engaged in a global war against terrorism, and it is vital that our forward deployed ships be ready to carry out our nation's taskings when ordered. The material condition of Kitty Hawk and the crew's proficiency are essential elements to this required high level of readiness. This step is being taken to ensure USS Kitty Hawk achieves and maintains those high standards.

USS Kitty Hawk's new commanding officer is Capt. Robert Donel (Don) Barbaree, Jr. the former executive officer of USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and commanding officer of USS Seattle (AOE 3). Capt. Barbaree had been serving as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Engagement at 7th Fleet.

While this action has been deemed necessary by Vice Adm. Willard, he commended Captain Hejl for his many years of honorable service to his country and the U.S Navy.

For more news about 7th Fleet, visit their Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/c7f.

Link HERE.