Tag: Chief of Naval Operations
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On Deck Aboard a U.S. Navy Destroyer
by OPOVV, ©2021 (Apr. 13, 2021) — “Victory at Sea Theme Song” (0:57) “Clear night.” “I like it with a squall line on the horizon: you know, with lighting flashes across the sky.” “Are you nuts? Give me smooth sailing every cruise; no swells; no nothing and certainly no squalls, ever, not one and certainly not any…
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U.S. Marine Corps Retaliates Against Judge Advocate Whistleblower
IN CASE EERILY SIMILAR TO THAT OF CDR WALTER FRANCIS FITZPATRICK, III by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 27, 2013) — On Friday, the Marine Corps Times reported that Marine Corps Maj. James Weirick, a staff judge advocate who alleged undue command influence on the part of Marine Corps Commandant James Amos against eight Marines accused of…
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Fitzpatrick: Navy “Willing to Destroy Subordinates to Protect the Institution”
“A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 25, 2013) —In a previous report, The Post & Email described how a culture of corruption permeated the U.S. Navy from at least the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, encompassing the Tailhook scandal and the court-martial of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III. In 1989, several charges without any basis…
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Military Corruption: Unlawful Command Influence
HOW COMMON IS IT, AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY IT? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 8, 2013) — Charges against one of eight U.S. Marines have been abruptly dropped after a military judge granted an order to allow Marine Corps attorneys to provide testimony as to how “senior commanders had interfered in the case…
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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…