Sunday, November 4, 2012

Obama Land: Being Drunk Gets You Fired, Screwing Up In Libya- Nothing


From Fox News: The commander and top officers of a San Diego-based Navy frigate have been relieved of duty after a rowdy, booze-fueled port visit to Vladivostok, Russia.
Cmdr. Joseph E. Darlak, skipper of the USS Vandegrift, was removed Friday by Capt. John L. Schultz after an investigation "due to loss of confidence after demonstrating poor leadership and failure to ensure the proper conduct of his wardroom officers" during the three-day September stop, the Navy said in a statement.
Executive officer Lt. Cmdr. Ivan A. Jimenez and the ship's chief engineer and operations officer were also relieved "for personal conduct involving use of alcohol and not adhering to established liberty policies," the statement said.
The names of the two lower-ranked officers were not released because their positions are not considered public under Navy policy, and Navy officials did not give specifics on the misbehavior of any of the officers.
From the San Diego Union Times:  “Although these officers did not engage in criminal conduct, their excessive drinking and inappropriate behavior in a foreign port demonstrated deficiencies in judgment and leadership,” said Cmdr. Tamsen Reese, spokeswoman for the Naval Surface Forces command in San Diego.  http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/03/drunken-port-call-means-ouster-navy-skipper/
It would be interesting to see what the officers did to get thrown off their ship.  Considering that the Navy has been getting wimpy in the past few years- bragging how good humanitarians they are- it probably wasn't very much to get them thrown out of their positions.
And yet, no one has been relieved of duty because of the Benghazi screw ups and cover-ups.  Maybe if the people who screwed up the Benghazi disaster were drunk and being obnoxious, they would have been fired a long time ago.
Welcome to Obama Land.

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