Tag: Capt. Michael Nordeen
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Fitzpatrick Court-Martial: Convening Authority Admitted “Career Ending Punishment” Should Not Have Happened
DOES BITOFF HAVE REGRETS FOR WHAT HE DID? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 15, 2014) — In a 1999 letter written by Adm. John Bitoff (Ret.) to Richard E. Danzig, then-Secretary of the Navy, Bitoff asserted that the charges brought against CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) “should not have consummated in trial by court-martial with…
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Testifying Witness to Fitzpatrick Court-Martial Relates “Strange” Proceedings
“BOLD-FACED LIES” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 20, 2014) — In our last interview with Command Master Chief Poasa Fa’aita (Ret.), who served on board the USS MARS with executive officer CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III in the late 1980s, he described the events which prompted MARS crew members to send a contingent to Washington, DC…
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Former USS MARS Command Master Chief Recounts Events Used to Concoct Fitzpatrick Court-Martial, Part 2
CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL: “IT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU GUYS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 12, 2014) — In Part 1 of The Post & Email’s interview with retired Command Master Chief Poasa Fa’aita, the former USS MARS crew member described the circumstances leading up to the dispatching of a contingent to Washington, DC to…
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Former USS MARS Command Master Chief Recounts Events Used to Concoct Fitzpatrick Court-Martial, Part 1
“A GREAT IDEA” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 11, 2014) — As reported previously, a former crew member of the USS MARS who served with CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) in the late 1980s spoke with The Post & Email about his recollections of Fitzpatrick’s character and the events surrounding his April 1990 court-martial which…
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Fitzpatrick Court-Martial: MWR Fund Usage Praised by Senior Officers
“MISSION COMPLETED” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 4, 2014) — A former shipmate in a position of high responsibility on the USS MARS at the time that CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III was the executive officer in the late 1980s has described in detail how and why individuals from the ship and their wives were sent…
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Fitzpatrick Kangaroo Court-Martial: Missing Records, Gag Orders, and Silence
“THERE ARE GAPING HOLES” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 10, 2013) — In its previous article, The Post & Email detailed how Admiral John Bitoff, who court-martialed CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) in 1990, also took an active part in the “review” process performed in 1992, even though he had retired from the U.S. Navy…
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Fitzpatrick Illustrates “Active Plot” to Keep Court-Martial Record Secret
“I WAS THE TARGET” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 14, 2013) — CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) has recently spoken with a person within the Department of the Navy about the forgery, fraud and obstruction of justice involved in his court-martial of April 1990, the perpetrators of which have never been brought to justice. Fitzpatrick…
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Forgery: Used by the U.S. Government for Decades
CORRUPT MILITARY “JUSTICE” SYSTEM EMPLOYS “CRIMINAL INSTRUMENTS” AGAINST ITS OWN by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2013) — The U.S. Navy has knowingly covered up the crime of forgery of a military record for the last 23 years. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III was court-martialed in 1990 for a crime he did not commit. Several officers, including his…
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The Significance of June 28, Part 3
FROM DEFENDING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO “HITLER’S GERMANY” by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Jul. 7, 2012) — [Editor’s Note: The following is the third part in our series on the importance of the date of June 28 in the lives of LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III and those who were serving with him on the…
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The Significance of June 28, Part 1
MURDERED BY TERRORISTS, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Jun. 27, 2012) — As you may recall, I was the executive officer on a ship called the USS Mars, a combat stores ship. My commanding officer was Michael B. Nordeen, a full-bird captain, an “06,” which is the sixth-highest officer rank in the…
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Anatomy of a Court-Martial, Part IV
THE SECRET COLUMBUS-DAY COURT-MARTIAL: IS THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO LT. COL. TERRY LAKIN THIS COLUMBUS DAY? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 12, 2010) — This segment of The Post & Email’s coverage of the court-martial of LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III details the events of October 12, 1989, wherein Fitzpatrick states that his fate was…
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Anatomy of a Court-Martial, Part III
COLLUSION, CONSPIRACY AND COVER-UP PERPETRATED BY MILITARY OFFICERS HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AS THE TRUTH by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 10, 2010) — This is the third in a series of reports on the court-martial of Lt. Cdr. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who has reported to The Post & Email in extensive detail the events which occurred…
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The Anatomy of a Court-Martial, Part II
OFFICERS GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE by Sharon Rondeau (Sept. 29, 2010) — The interview which follows is the second in a series relating the story of “the most reviewed court-martial in the history of the United States,” that of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, and its significance to all Americans today. …
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Introduction: Anatomy of a Court-Martial
“VERDICT FIRST, THEN THE TRIAL” by Sharon Rondeau (Sept. 28, 2010) — Lt. Commander Walter Fitzpatrick contacted The Post & Email out of his stated concern for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who is scheduled to be court-martialed next month as a result of his refusal to follow orders on the grounds that Barack Hussein Obama…