Tag: USS Mars
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Tennessee Prison Confirms Walter Fitzpatrick “Still Here”
HEALTH AND WELFARE UNKNOWN by Sharon Rondeau (May 25, 2016) — Following approximately six weeks of silence from Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, The Post & Email contacted the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) on Wednesday afternoon to inquire into his well-being. We were able to reach a female correction…
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Fitzpatrick Court-Martial: Defense Attorney “Witnessed Against Himself”
“IT’S NOTHING BUT A MIRACLE THAT WE HAVE THIS” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 23, 2014) — In July 1990, following a special court-martial brought about by malicious intent, CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick’s appointed defense counsel, Marines Captain Kevin M. “Andy” Anderson, signed Fitzpatrick’s misspelled name to a “Response to Letter of Reprimand” letter, then had…
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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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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 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: Court-Martial Was “A Vendetta”
CRIMINAL ACTIONS FROM 1989 HAUNT U.S. NAVY by CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) (Nov. 15, 2013) — I cannot tell with precision when the criminal plot against me began. Only men like John Bitoff, Mike Edwards, Paul Romanski and Tim Zeller know the truth. Accusers are supposed to be prohibited from “convening” (creating, assembling,…
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Fitzpatrick Court-Martial: Crime and Punishment of the Innocent
PEOPLE IN “POWERFUL” POSITIONS CHOSE COVER-UP RATHER THAN CONFRONTATION by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 30, 2013) — In April 1990, a sham court-martial was held charging CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III with dereliction of duty for mishandling Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) funds on the USS Mars, on which he had served as Executive Officer. The…
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Scars and Stripes!
AN OPEN LETTER TO FOUR STAR ADMIRAL RONALD JOSEPH “ZAP” ZLATOPER by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, ©2013 September 17, 2013 Admiral Zlatoper, Rear Admiral John W. Bitoff, working closely and primarily with his staff JAG officer, Timothy William Zeller, began an unceasing flogging of me and what once was my family in 1989. Bitoff and…
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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: Ghost Witnesses Testify
TESTIMONY ABSENT FROM THE RECORD IS CITED IN “OFFICIAL” DOCUMENTS by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 18, 2010) — In this fifth segment of our series on the court-martial of LCDR Fitzpatrick, he reveals two “ghost” witnesses from his court-martial and states that the charges against him were completely falsified. The previous four segments can be found…
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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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Military officers have no jurisdiction over Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TRAMPLING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION FOR DECADES by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 3, 2010) —The military has been abusing its authority for at least 21 years, as evidenced by the court-martial of Lt. Cdr. Walter Fitzpatrick and now the attempted court-martial of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin. In a memo exchanged between Staff Judge…
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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…