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In reply to the discussion: Lawmakers call for removal of Navy Secretary over USS Roosevelt debacle [View all]grantcart
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Lawmakers call for removal of Navy Secretary over USS Roosevelt debacle [View all]
crickets
Apr 2020
OP
There is a process to discipline anyone who beaks the rules in the Navy, Captains included
Chainfire
Apr 2020
#8
Actually, I *do* have a partly analogous story, re: the brute force response of some top brass.
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#13
I'm not through. You might be moved when I am. I have to Post because sometimes the text disappears
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#17
Waiting with bated breath for the next part. What you have written so far has been an
erronis
Apr 2020
#36
Thanks, but guess what. A Vietnam vet of the Army persuasion, when I told him this story,
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#41
So the skipper sided with the crew? ZUMWALT was fairly popular, let beards be grown (all I can think
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#68
Yea, the personal lifestyle loosening of the rules, but I don't know what big systemic things he did
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#72
You can use any of the transcript comments or see the 250,000 signatures over at Change.Org
ffr
Apr 2020
#9
WTF. All these kiss ass enablers are there for 1 thing. To destroy the agency they are representing
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2020
#11
You're welcome! I had the page saved because I wanted to post it - I was glad you gave me
scarletwoman
Apr 2020
#26
I believe that audio file has been successfully disseminated quite widely already,
scarletwoman
Apr 2020
#67
"All Democrats, naturally." Well the Republicans take their marching orders from Russia these days
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#21
Because they do not have Putins approval yet to come out against this action but just as soon as
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#40
This is just part of appointing political commissars to oversea federal agencies and military
erronis
Apr 2020
#38
Other aspect of this I haven't seen mentioned: The combat readiness of the Roosevelt
sarge43
Apr 2020
#43
Blah, blah, blah. They can't even get people to adhere to a legally issued subpoena.
Firestorm49
Apr 2020
#63