Thursday, November 4, 2021

US Navy Fires USS Connecticut CO, XO, COB Over Collision In South China Sea

The 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific, said an investigation had concluded that the USS Connecticut (pictured in Puget Sound, Washington, in 2016) smashed into a geological formation and not another vessel on October 2  

Daily Mail: US Navy FIRES USS Connecticut Commanding Officer, Executive Officer and Chief of the Boat after $3.1bn nuclear-powered attack submarine collided with 'uncharted seamount' in South China Sea 

* The US Navy has fired the Commanding Officer (CO), Executive Officer (XO) and Chief of the Boat (COB) for 'loss of confidence' after submarine crash 

* On October 2 the USS Connecticut collided with an 'uncharted seamount' in the South China Sea during soaring tensions with China 

* A seamount is a mountain which rises from the ocean floor 

* CO Cmdr Cameron Aljilani, XO Lt Cmdr Patrick Cashin and COB Cory Rodgers were relieved of their positions on Wednesday 

* A statement from the Navy said that the crash, which injured 11 crew members, could have been prevented with 'sound judgement (and) decision-making' 

* But the Navy has determined that there was no foul play in the incident 

* Navy remains on high alert in the South China Sea amid threats from Beijing 

The US Navy has fired a nuclear submarine's Commanding Officer, Executive Officer and Chief of the Boat for 'loss of confidence' after their vessel collided with an 'uncharted seamount' in the South China Sea. 

The $3.1 billion USS Connecticut's CO Cmdr Cameron Aljilani, XO Lt Cmdr Patrick Cashin and COB Cory Rodgers were relieved of their positions on Wednesday. A seamount is a mountain which rises from the ocean floor.  

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More News On The US Navy Firing USS Connecticut CO, XO, COB Over Collision In South China Sea 

USS Connecticut’s leadership fired following undersea mountain collision -- Navy Times 

USS Connecticut CO, XO, COB Relieved Over Collision in South China Sea ‘Due to Loss of Confidence’ -- USNI News  

Top officers of a Navy nuclear sub have lost their jobs over an undersea collision -- NPR/AP  

Navy Fires Commander, Other Leaders of Damaged Submarine -- Defense One  

USS Connecticut's leadership fired over submarine's collision with undersea mountain -- The Hill  

The US Navy fired the leaders of the attack submarine that ran into an underwater mountain in the South China Sea -- Business Insider

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Accountability?

REFRESHING!

Now stop teaching CRT, social skills and all that nation building nonsense not needed and focus on core defence issues and navigation ;))

Leave the culture war and nation building to the people themselves and let us all speak.

If our values are great, which I believe, we need no guns, no false flags, no coercion. If we live true to our values, no wars would be needed, no force, not even mean Words. But we have to stand for our values and remember them, or no weapon will save us AND SHOULDN'T.


For nations who lose their values, THE foundation and legitimization of everything, will immediately collapse onto themselves.

All prior wars mean nothing if we just endlessly change our values at the first complaint of a crazy bully or mentally ill person.

Values are negotiated, found jointly, NEVER dictated by maniacs and traitors trying to sabotage us all

Anonymous said...

What if the brass gave the CO a Kobayashi Maneuver Assignment. We do not have accurate maps, but you are to transit this area in a certain amount of time.

I understand the CO is always at fault. It is the Navy way. But if the navigation plots were right, the inertial navigation worked, but the maps were wrong, I do not see it as the CO's fault.

What were the CO's orders from Pac Fleet? They will not tell us.

Anonymous said...

I hope the replacement officers will be a diverse group well grounded on Critical Race Theory, for the sake of the USN!!