2 commanding officers fired in one week

[unhappycamper]

2 commanding officers fired in one week
By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday May 11, 2008 9:35:43 EDT

Two Hampton Roads, Va.-area commanding officers were fired the week of May 4 because of “loss of confidence” in their ability to command.

On May 5, Cmdr. Raymond B. Worthington was relieved of duty as commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 143, an F/A-18 Super Hornet squadron. Four days later, Capt. Kenneth J. Schwingshakl, commanding officer of the Maritime Civil Affairs Group, was relieved.

Rear Adm. Mike Tillotson, commander of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, relieved Schwingshakl after an internal investigation concluded he had “misused his command authority,” said Lt. Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a spokeswoman for NECC.

Schwingshakl was temporarily reassigned to NECC.

NECC’s training officer, Capt. Bob McKenna, has temporarily taken command, according to a Navy announcement. The unit is based at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_skippers_051108w/

[izzie]

1. Is that any thing new? It is always done I am sure.

It is the high level guys the WH cans that is the shocker to me.