[Stingray51]

I read elsewhere that Aucoin was already scheduled for retirement within weeks. So this may be the brass deflecting accountability from more precious heads.

[Navy Patriot]

I read elsewhere that Aucoin was already scheduled for retirement within weeks.

That's correct, but I don't have enough fleet level political knowledge to figure the reason they canned him with a couple weeks to go other than to just look like they were doing something.