The US Navy has fired the commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87), citing a “loss of confidence” in his ability to command, according to the service.
The decision was made by Rear Admiral Alexis T. Walker, commander of Carrier Strike Group 10. Captain Chavius G. Lewis has been temporarily reassigned to Commander, Naval Surface Group Southeast.
Captain Kevin Hoffman has assumed duties as the ship’s commanding officer, with the Navy stating the leadership change will not affect USS Mason’s operational schedule.
USS Mason is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, and assigned to the US 2nd Fleet. The ship was taking part in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), a pre-deployment certification exercise designed to prepare ships and strike groups for operational deployment, at the time of the decision.
The US Navy did not provide further details regarding the circumstances behind the removal, but said: “The Navy maintains the highest standards for leaders and holds them accountable when those standards are not met.”
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers form the backbone of the US Navy’s surface combatant fleet, providing air defence, strike, and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. USS Mason is equipped with the Aegis combat system and carries a range of weapons through its vertical launch system, including surface-to-air and cruise missiles.
The U.S. Navy said the relief does not impact the ship’s mission or deployment preparations.
Fired from a five inch 🤔 or MK.41 🚀?
Mark 36 SRBOC
Probably too small..🤔
How long till we start seeing political officers in the US armed forces.
With of the diversity and woke nonsense flying around I think they’re already there.
You’ll need a larger calibre weapon to fire him.
Trident tube?🚀
Good solution!
The us really doesn’t seem to have confidence in it’s officers does it
I know what you mean, I’ve not been counting but it feels like over the last 12 months they’ve replaced more commanding officers than we have actual ships. That’s just a feeling btw and not backed up with facts or a back count. I am sure someone is keeping score though.
This is a trademark of SWO’s, surface warfare officers aka surface combatants. Doesn’t really fly anywhere else.
It’s tradition, back to the 1700’s.
Trumps purge of officers whose faces don’t fit or may have spoken out against him privately.
You didn’t read the article … did you? It clearly says he was removed by the commander of the Carrier Strike group.
Some people will always try to involve politics in places where there is no evidence of political influence.
Well can’t apply for the RN no sadly ships . However they could try China 🤗
The USN drives its Officers 100%, 100% of the time.
They operate 24/7/365 like they are at war.
UNSAT on your FITREP = fired
This is difficult to explain to those who haven’t seen it. The USA military tempo is unlike any other country I’ve ever seen. Certainly any in modern Europe.
Does it help? Is the tempo generally a strong contributary factor in warfare? Or does hurry up and wait apply, with the faster you hurry, the longer the wait?
Yes, call GO! and US forces hit you like a thunderbolt, they don’t need to ramp up, they are already running at full throttle and full efficiency. This gives US forces unparalleled lethality.
It’s a brutal regime though, burn outs are very common and everything takes second place to the Service.
Moronic bullshit, as expected from dumb yanks 🤡🐷💩🤣
Moronic, until they kick your door and fly helicopters over your national capitol to steal your president out of his palace. US foreign policy might be a mess, but the USA military is unmatched in the modern times.
Bullshit, try that on Britain, you would have a ship load of full bodybags to send back home
I confidently predict we could hold a very small American force off for about 2 days, until we run out of ammo and wargear.
Unless of course they wanted to arrest Starmer. There’d be no shooting at all; most Brits would be happy to hand him over.
Exactly this.
The UK is one place a regime change is needed. The current occupants of No.10 are determined to sink the ship, just like they always do. Then it’s the job of the next leadership to try to recover from the mess Labour makes. Then people with short memories forget the mess they make and stupidly vote them in again.
Visually, I’d go with FITREP, nothing to do with race or colour on the face of it.
Has anyone kept count of how many ship’s captains the former American colonies have sacked in recent years? One way of ensuring upward ventilation I guess.
Write up a regularly junior officers as UNSAT and that can get you carpeted.
If your Officers are not up to the mark, that’s seen in the US military as their CO is a problem – ‘did not provide the correct leadership’. And your COC will sack you for ‘lack of confidence’ in your abilities.
So, if you feel a junior isn’t performing at 100%, you fire him.
Very unsatisfactory not to reveal the specific reason that a US officer is relieved of command. No transparency. The suspicion lingers that some at least might be proficient but the victim of ‘office politics’.
Am I the only one not to know what these funny US abbreviations mean? I guess FITREP means Fitness Report and that it is an annual appraisal report?
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a number of rotten apples in the upper ranks of the USN, leftover from the DEI-driven purges and promotions of the Obama and Biden administrations.