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| CO of USS Arleigh Burke relieved of duty |
| 2007-05-22 |
| The commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke was relieved of command Monday, following what officials earlier said was a “soft grounding” of the ship off Cape Henry Light at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Oopsie! Cmdr. E.J. McClure was relieved by Rear Adm. Dan Holloway, the commander of Strike Group 12. The reason for the relief is "loss of confidence in her ability to command," said a 2nd Fleet official. Women drivers! McClure, a 1987 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, has been reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet Surface Force in Norfolk. I always wonder what people think who work in an office where naughty officers get assigned to. "This person is being punished by working the job that I trained to do!" The ship’s executive officer, Lt. Cmdr. Allen Hobbs, will become the interim captain of the ship. The Burke ran aground last Tuesday as it was heading back to Norfolk from a training exercise, the Navy said. It made it back to Norfolk Naval Station under its own power. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #6 A |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-05-22 21:00 |
| #5 Rule No. 1 from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: If you hit a rock, you're wrong. |
| Posted by: Mac 2007-05-22 17:46 |
| #4 Don't break the boat. That's one of the rules... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-22 15:16 |
| #3 Here's her bio from the Arleigh Burke's web site. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-05-22 14:38 |
| #2 "This person is being punished by working the job that I trained to do!" Looks like my life summarized in one sentence. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-05-22 13:16 |
| #1 "This person is being punished by working the job that I trained to do!" Yeah...so what's it to ya? You got a problem with that? |
| Posted by: Ex Astronaut Lisa Nowak 2007-05-22 13:04 |