These the guys. May 31, 2014 photo of Cmdr. Curtis B. Calloway, CMC Travis Biswell and Cmdr. Ed Handley from the ship’s ombudsman Facebook page.
Posted on 09/17/2014 12:01:40 PM PDT by 7thson
The three top leaders of the guided missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) have been removed and reassigned halfway through the ship's deployment pending the outcome of an investigation into "command climate," the Navy said in a news release Tuesday.
The skipper, Cmdr. Curtis B. Calloway, was relieved at sea by Capt. Anthony L. Simmons, who will take charge of the ship for the rest of the deployment as an investigation moves forward. Calloway, along with Cmdr. Ed Handley, the executive officer, and Command Master Chief Travis Biswell, the top enlisted leader, have been reassigned to staff positions at Naval Surface Force Atlantic.
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Probably refused to let a muslim pray or a queer do his/her thing.
Stalin and Hitler had purges, too.
Probably guilty of upholding their oath to support and defend the U.S.Constitution.
I have a feeling that whatever this is about, it won’t have anything to do with winning a war.
These the guys. May 31, 2014 photo of Cmdr. Curtis B. Calloway, CMC Travis Biswell and Cmdr. Ed Handley from the ship’s ombudsman Facebook page.
From the article:
investigation being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service into a liberty incident that occurred in the Sixth Fleet area of operations...”
Anyone’s guess at this point....
Has the total of the relieved reached 500 yet?
Were all three of them white, heterosexual, Christian, males?
If so, that’s probably all that was needed to raise questions about their “command environment”.
Oops. I guess not.
Maybe the black guy is a conservative?
1. Caught with Bible
2. Told woman she was dressed prettily
3. Cast aspersions on The Dear Leader
Something involving underage girls?
The crew liked them more than they liked obama.
CLARIFICATION: A previous version of this post used the term, “relieved” to describe the removal of the commander, executive officer and senior enlisted sailor of USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) in the headline and body of the story. Those references have been changed to, “removed.”
The commander, executive officer and the senior enlisted sailor of the guided missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) have been removed of their commands ahead of an “investigation into the command climate,” aboard the ship, according to a statement issued Tuesday evening by U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
Williams’ commander — Cmdr. Curtis B. Calloway — was replaced at sea on Tuesday at the half way point of the ship’s planned eight month deployment to U.S. 6th Fleet by Capt. Anthony L. Simmons from the staff of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, according to the release.
In addition to Calloway’s removal from command, the former Williams’ XO Cmdr. Ed Handley and Command Master Chief Travis Biswell have been reassigned to the staff at Naval Surface Force Atlantic, “pending the outcome of the investigation,” said Fleet Forces.
Removing the three positions — commander, XO and CMC — almost all at once is exceedingly rare. No other details of the investigation were available and calls placed with Fleet Forces representatives were not immediately returned to USNI News.
Williams’ had left Naval Station Norfolk, Va. on May 30 for an eight month partner navy engagement mission is U.S. Africa Command — typically undertaken by smaller Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates.
“It’s been a very long road for my crew,” Calloway told the Navy Times in May. “We’ve worked hard to get to this point, and we’re very excited and ready to go.”
It was the first deployment for around a 100 sailors — almost a quarter of the 380 person crew. A third of the sailors only reported to the ship two months before the ship left, according to the Navy Times.
Calloway had previously served in destroyers as the engineering officer on USS Barry (DDG-52) and a 27-month tour as executive officer of USS Gonzalez (DDG-66), according to an official Navy bio.
Onshore tours included time as the Antiterrorism/ Force Protection Officer at Commander DESRON 2 and Naval Surface Fire Support section head in the Surface Warfare division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV).
Before taking command of Williams’, Calloway was, “Surface Warfare division of the Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, where he was the Operational Test Director for the DDG-1000 program and a Special Projects Officer,” read the bio.
USNI News was unable to locate an official bio for former XO Handley.
CMC Biswell enlisted in 1999 and, “has completed two Atlantic and four Pacific deployments on three ships with both surface and amphibious forces,” according to his bio. The following is the text from the U.S. Fleet Forces news release on Tuesday provided to USNI News:
AT SEA – Capt. Anthony L. Simmons relieved Cmdr. Curtis B. Calloway as commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) at sea Sept. 16.
Simmons arrives from the staff of Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 and will remain in command pending the completion of a DESRON 2 command-directed investigation into the command climate .
Calloway, former James E. Williams Executive Officer Cmdr. Ed Handley, and Command Master Chief Travis Biswell have been assigned to the staff at Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic pending the outcome of the investigation.
The ship and her crew departed Naval Station Norfolk May 30, for an eight-month deployment to the 6th Fleet area of operations. While there they have been participating in security operations, exercises, and combined cooperation (foreign nation) operations in conjunction with U.S. Africa Command.
The Usurper In Chief is in Tampa, FL today attending ISIS briefings at MacDill AFB. Last night his security team was deploying barricades on Tampa and Jackson Streets near the hotel. Incredibly the entire security staff is of color. Even the guys handling the sniffing dogs.
Its interesting that everyone on FreeRepublic is defending these guys with absolutely no idea what the facts are. During WWII, commanders were routinely relieved of duty when they weren’t up to snuff. Its one of the reasons we had such an effective fighting force.
The DoD doesn’t do that anymore. It often condones mediocrity.
I freely admit I don’t know the facts either, but I have no problem at all with military commanders being relieved of command if necessary.
I retired of the Johnny... Good boat. Mekong Warrior!!!
Based on this - "A Navy official who spoke on background to discuss a sensitive matter said there is a separate investigation being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service into a liberty incident that occurred in the Sixth Fleet area of operations, but declined to divulge further details" - I would say that the three conspired to cover up some criminal act on the part of one of the crew members and got uncovered. It has to be pretty serious if Army CID is involved.
All of their phone calls, Emails, etc., are being monitored so it’s anyone’s guess. Perhaps bad comments about The One.
To have all three gone means I go head hunting for the Admiral that signed off on their orders and demand an immediate resignation
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