Posted on 02/28/2015 2:33:34 PM PST by smokingfrog
The commanding officer of the Pearl Harbor-based Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Mississippi was relieved of his duties Friday due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command, the Navy said.
Cmdr. Tory Swanson was removed from his position by Capt. Harry Ganteaume, commander of Submarine Squadron 1. A command investigation into the circumstances leading to Swanson's relief is ongoing, the Navy said.
Cmdr. Brook DeWalt, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force, said he was limited in what he could say, but that the removal "was a matter of professional nature — not a personal transgression or anything like that. It's issues revolving around operational decision-making."
Swanson, who had served aboard Mississippi since April 2013, has been administratively reassigned to the staff of the Pacific Fleet submarine force, the Navy said.
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Huh? Whats that mean?
Rear Echelon Mother F*****. The guys in the rear with the gear. When I was at Bagram Air Base, there were about 15,000 Army types. Only a few hundred ever went outside the wire.
So what’s it say? I don’t subscribe.
Active Duty ping.
Don’t they still have LDOs? I thought prior enlisted were LDOs.
Yeah this guy refused the “squat to pee” training evidently ......sad.
And another one bites the dust.
Quite possible. Far more likely than the conspiracy theory B.S. you see elsewhere on this thread.
Well said, Lieutenant.
Being a submariner from years back, seeing the purging of our military worries me not a wit. I believe we have many friends and patriots with us.
I bet Cmdr. Tory Swanson doesn’t pray facing east.
Ha Ha, I wonder if anybody else got it, hmmm?
Maybe in a few months?
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Looking for lockstep zombies to protect the criminal element who is destroying the country
Obama is following in Stalin’s footsteps. He’ll be shooting purged officers soon.
I like the way you think. Hang in there, My Friend, your Country is going to need you on down the road.
It not at all unusual, we just hear about it more in the internet age.
There are a lot of guys out there who have been the opportunity to command a warship of the USN.
Few men are good enough. Some are canned, some limp along.
Few meet the enormous demand, fewer still excel.
Commanding a warship at sea 8,000 miles from any familiar civilization, while keeping the ship and crew battle ready, is a rare capability.
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