Monday, April 25, 2011

Two Top U.S. Navy Officers Dismissed Because Of Hazing

Sent home: The two officers were in charge of USS Ponce, pictured, deployed in the Mediterranean as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn

Top Female Navy Commander Sacked Over Humiliating Initiation Ordeals On Board Ship -- The Daily Mail

Two top U.S. Navy officers have been relieved of their duties after an investigation into 'hazing'.

Commander Etta Jones, officer in charge of the Norfolk, Virginia-based Ponce, was sacked for not properly investigating sailors involved in the humiliating rituals, the Navy said.

Hazing is a practice whereby people are subjected to humiliating ordeals, often as an initiation.

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More News On the Dismissal Of Two Top U.S. Navy Officers

2 Navy officers relieved of command -- Stars And Stripes
2 Top Officers of US Navy Ship Relieved of Duties -- FOX News
Amphib Ponce CO, XO fired in the Mediterranean -- Navy Times
U.S. Navy Relieves Commander and Lt. Commander of the USS PONCE -- Maritime Executive
Zero Tolerence During Peace and War -- Information Dissemination

My Comment: If you want to tell everyone that you run a professional military .... you have to act like one. If hazing was happening aboard this ship .... and these naval officers did not properly investigate it (which appears to be the case) .... they deserved to be removed.

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