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Navy Cruiser Commanding Officer Fired After 4,000-Gallon Fuel Spill
Yahoo News ^ | May 18, 2020 | Gina Harkins

Posted on 05/19/2020 12:42:36 PM PDT by 11th_VA

The commanding officer of the Navy warship that spilled thousands of gallons of fuel into a Virginia river earlier this month has been removed from her job.

Capt. Erica Hoffmann, commanding officer of the guided-missile cruiser Philippine Sea was relieved of her duties on Monday, Navy officials announced. Rear Adm. Richard Cheeseman, commander of Carrier Strike Group Two, lost confidence in Hoffmann's ability to command, Lt. Cmdr. Richlyn Ivey with Naval Surface Force Atlantic said.

"Many factors weigh into a decision to relieve a commanding officer due to loss of confidence," Ivey added.

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To: brownsfan

20 years from now, some Rat will try to make her an admiral.


41 posted on 05/19/2020 1:45:38 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: 11th_VA

42 posted on 05/19/2020 1:49:50 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: meatloaf; Rio

Her bio (see post 3) shows her a four-striper.


43 posted on 05/19/2020 1:49:51 PM PDT by CedarDave (Wash your hands like you just peeled a sack of green chile and need to take out your contact lenses.)
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To: Psalm 73

I’m sure her partner thinks she’s handsome.


44 posted on 05/19/2020 1:49:58 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Mariner

Quite right Mariner. 12 O’clock High was so good the Coast Guard used it as a training film in Officer Candidate School.


45 posted on 05/19/2020 1:52:05 PM PDT by pelicandriver
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To: Midwesterner53

What’s China doing? I now give them an even chance to obliterate this Obama Navy in the Pacific.


46 posted on 05/19/2020 1:53:26 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: 11th_VA

The 19th amendment has devastated the USA


47 posted on 05/19/2020 1:53:56 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: newnhdad

She may have messed with the wrong Chief Boatswains Mate.


48 posted on 05/19/2020 1:55:13 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: AndyJackson

It must have been the self-serve pump.


49 posted on 05/19/2020 1:56:07 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: bankwalker

The 17th paved the way. I still don’t understand why it has so much support here.


50 posted on 05/19/2020 1:56:28 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Mariner

Front end, topside puke.


51 posted on 05/19/2020 1:57:14 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but ABCNNBCBS donates every hour, every night, every day of the year.)
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To: shanover

We have great technology that nobody knows how to use.


52 posted on 05/19/2020 1:58:47 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: 11th_VA

Must not have saved any of the oil for the lgbtq contingent.


53 posted on 05/19/2020 2:04:54 PM PDT by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane')
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To: bankwalker

Thank you!


54 posted on 05/19/2020 2:06:50 PM PDT by Midnitethecat (St)
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To: Salvavida

Your point someone failed her is more than obvious since it surely wasn’t the Commander whom opened the wrong valve.

My point is it makes no difference since the Commander assumes responsibility for everything which happens on his watch.


55 posted on 05/19/2020 2:07:16 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: CedarDave

I didn’t look at her bio. Thanks!


56 posted on 05/19/2020 2:07:21 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: 11th_VA

Affirmative Action promotion at work.


57 posted on 05/19/2020 2:09:48 PM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: 11th_VA
It could have been a lot worse
she previously served as the reactor officer on the aircraft carrier George H. W. Bush
58 posted on 05/19/2020 2:09:49 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: jmcenanly

That explains the fuel spill. That icky liquid stuff is a nuisance compared to fuel rods.


59 posted on 05/19/2020 2:14:02 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: 11th_VA

What was she doing at the valve in the first place?


60 posted on 05/19/2020 2:17:02 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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