Tag: Command Master Chief
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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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Fitzpatrick: “The Navy Did It Again!”
“THE MOST IMPORTANT COURT-MARTIAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 17, 2014) — On Thursday, the Office of the Naval Inspector General released a letter stating that a request from CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret). to review his case was again denied, citing alleged untimeliness of his report of wrongdoing.…
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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…