Captain accused of berating academy guards

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Base CO cursed at us, sentries say


Captain accused of berating academy guards
By Chris Amos - [e-mail]
Posted : Thursday Nov 8, 2007 19:05:59 EST

At least three complaints have been filed against the commanding officer of an Annapolis Navy base after he allegedly unleashed a torrent of curses and insults at Naval Academy gate guards before speeding onto the yard without their permission on two separate mornings in late October, according to police documents and an interview with one of the guards.

Capt. Michael Fierro, commanding officer of Naval Support Activity Annapolis, is accused of berating three sentries, calling them “motherf———,” “ignorant sons of b———,” and “pieces of s—-” before driving onto academy grounds without being waved through on Oct. 21-22, according to copies of written reports of “violent behavior” made by two Navy sentries and a civilian academy employee and given to the Department of Defense Police Department in Annapolis last month. Documents containing the statements were obtained by Navy Times.

One of the sentries, Operations Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Guarino, told Navy Times that Fierro grew angry when he saw an unarmed sentry in a dungaree uniform manning the gate while Guarino used the bathroom inside the guardhouse. The other sentries wore camouflage, he said.

Guarino said Fierro jumped from his personal car, ran inside the guardhouse and banged on the bathroom door.

When Guarino emerged, he said Fierro cursed him out and accused him of “eating breakfast” instead of doing his job.

“He looked like he was so mad that he was about to cry,” Guarino said, adding that the other sailor was new to Annapolis and had been sent to the guardhouse by his command in his dungarees. He did not yet own the camouflage uniform.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/11/navy_academy_sentry_071108w/