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Navy commodore to be relieved of command over Iran's capture of his sailors
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| 6/23/16
| Lucas Tomlinson
Posted on 06/23/2016 10:15:51 AM PDT by ColdOne
Edited on 06/23/2016 1:03:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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The commodore in charge of the two U.S. Navy boats that strayed into Iranian waters leading to the capture of his 10 sailors for 16 hours in January will be relieved of command likely putting an end to his career, Fox News has learned.
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To: JimRed
A senior Captain, usually on track for Admiral, with more than one ship under his overall command. (My memory)
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
A Commodore was a 1 star Admiral back in the day when the Navy Captains went directly to 2 Star Admirals...Which ‘rankled’ them (USN Captains) when in a Joint Command (Pentagon for example) while a 4 Striper (USN CAPT) could actually be Senior to a 1 Star General Army/AF/USMC type.
The ‘it’ really hit the fan when the Navy Capt finally got to put on his ‘Stars’ and reported to work the following day with TWO Stars, while the 1 Star ‘others’ still had one star)
A USN Commodore in the fleet is ANY Officer who commands a squadron, in my LST days, the Commodore was a Full Commander, usually either getting ready to retire or on verge of making Captain.
We would address him as Commodore, the same way we addressed our Lt Commander or Commander COs as Captain.
As to ‘piping aboard’,
“””COMMANDER, LST SQUADRON 9 ARRIVING””” (Squadron CO)
“””TERRELL COUNTY ARRIVING”””(Ships CO)
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posted on
06/23/2016 2:36:57 PM PDT
by
xrmusn
((6/98)"Beware good luck. Fattening hogs think themselves fortunate. old German proverb ")
To: ColdOne
They should relieve Commander, 5th Fleet, VADM Donegan. He is the one ultimately responsible for what happened.
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posted on
06/23/2016 2:44:22 PM PDT
by
paddles
("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
To: JimRed
In Commonwealth countries (Australia, the UK, Canada, New Zealand,etc) it is a 1 star rank. It’s a better sounding name than Rear Admiral Lower Half.
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posted on
06/23/2016 2:59:16 PM PDT
by
Dundee
(They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
To: JimRed
I was in Task Force K-Bar, a SEAL and Combined special operations unit in 2001/2 operating in Afghanistan, the Navy Captain in Command (Robert Harward) was referred to as the Commodore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_K-Bar
To: Grampa Dave
1. On June 8, 1967, US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was suddenly and brutally attacked on the high seas in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel. The Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public. The USS Liberty Memorial web site tells their story and is dedicated to the memory of the 34 brave men who died.
Every sentence after the first one is a silly lie. There have been 3 investigations. Israel has released audio tapes. Multiple members of the crew and the captain have spoken openly.
The only people hiding things are the National Security Agency, which has blood on its hands for ignoring a presidential promise to keep ships out of the area, and sending in the USS Liberty without telling Israel and without an escort.
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posted on
06/23/2016 5:44:58 PM PDT
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: JimRed
(Bells, then 1MC) "Servron Four, arriving"Yep.
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posted on
06/24/2016 2:13:15 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(In November 2016 my 15 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
To: Snickering Hound
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posted on
06/24/2016 9:04:51 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
To: ColdOne
there was no navigation brief and when the order was given to evade the Iranian forces, the helmsman refused the order.
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posted on
06/25/2016 7:13:16 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Maybe the USN switched back....they went from Commodore to Rear Admiral Lower Half in early 80s.
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posted on
06/25/2016 6:27:51 PM PDT
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(Trump, effective govt. that will be great for crony "art of the deal" capitalists)
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