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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Senior enlisted Marine Corps leader of 47,000-strong force at Camp Pendleton in California with nearly 30 years of service has been FIRED due to 'loss of trust' in his abilities
2022-02-25
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Sergeant Major Terrance Whitcomb was relieved of his duties as a senior enlisted leader of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton

  • The military cited his sudden departure 'due to loss of trust and confidence in his abilities to fulfill his assigned duties'

  • It is unknown what his duties entail, but as a leader of 1st Expeditionary Force, he was in charge of nearly a fourth of the Marine's active-duty force

  • It is unknown who will take over his role in the force at Camp Pendleton

  • Whitcomb has been a Marine since 1993 and became a Sergeant Major in 2011, but stepped into his last role in 2021

  • He won several prestigious medals through his 29-year career, including the Meritorious Service Medal
Posted by:Skidmark

#13  Zipper failure.
Posted by: badanov   2022-02-25 22:44  

#12  you are correct
Posted by: bman   2022-02-25 15:48  

#11  I'm too old - REMF was the relative term in my times.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-02-25 12:21  

#10  Ref #9: "Chair-borne promotions."

Fobbits speak out! Must we personalize everything?
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-25 12:13  

#9  His top award was the MSM with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, lots or campaign medals but no Combat Action Ribbon. The article seems to say his career was as an 0151 admin poge and chair-borne for much of it suggesting his career rise might have had a melanin component, and for combat Marines he might had not engendered a lot of affection. The dead body story seems totally unconnected, and yet was several lines in length hinting at a link. Is there a connection yet to come out and he clearly being dumped before it does?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-02-25 11:53  

#8   It is unclear what Whitcomb's duties included or what he did to create mistrust.

Perhaps we could get a couple reporters (as opposed to 'journalists') looking into those questions. You know, the old WhoWhatWhenWhereAndWhy thingie.

I do like how the DM tosses a dead body into the story at the end for extra seasoning.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-02-25 09:56  

#7  ...one of the 'completed tours' award. There are a couple of awards used to show that you may have actually did something or just were a warm body for the assignment with the specific award titles determined by the rank of the individual.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-02-25 09:34  

#6  I can't figure out what a Meritorious Service Medal is - a very prestigious participation trophy?
Posted by: Glenmore   2022-02-25 09:10  

#5  Maybe the Dude wanted to go to Ukraine.
Now he can.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-25 08:57  

#4  Someone had to take the fall for failure up line.
Posted by: Dale   2022-02-25 05:34  

#3  Caught CNN Fever? The Zucker and Cuomo variant, hopefully.
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210   2022-02-25 04:58  

#2  Used the wrong pronoun in public?
Posted by: magpie   2022-02-25 02:24  

#1  He refused to put on a dress?
Posted by: Slolurong Lumplump1803   2022-02-25 01:13  

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