U.S. Navy captain involved in seizure by Iran relieved of command

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

A U.S. Navy captain who was in charge of 10 American sailors briefly held by Iran in January has been relieved of command because of a "loss of confidence in his ability to command," a Navy statement said on Friday.

Ten U.S. sailors, who were aboard two patrol craft, were detained by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Jan. 12 when they inadvertently entered Iranian territorial waters. They were released the next day after being held for about 15 hours.

Captain Kyle Moses, commander of Task Force 56, was the second person to be publicly reprimanded so far over the incident. In May, Commander Eric Rasch, who was the executive officer of the coastal riverine squadron that included the 10 sailors, was fired.

Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said he had taken corrective action against Moses several weeks ago.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sailors-idUSKCN0ZA2XT

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World | Fri Jun 24, 2016 12:03pm EDT

[NWCorona]

1. I'm surprised it took this long.

[7962]

2. same here

[packman]

3. I'm curious about "firing" in the military

Does this mean the same as in the civilian world, that they are booted out. Or, does it mean a demotion and a desk job?

[cstanleytech]

4. In this case it means desk job but if they really want him out they will just skip over him for a

few promotions and then do a separation which is essentially their way of saying dont call us and we wont call you.

[Sgent]

6. It means

he's either given a desk job or the option to retire (anyone who has reached a rank of naval captain has over 20yr). He will never be promoted, nor have command again.

[ManiacJoe]

5. I would love to see the reasoning for this disciplinary action.

Of course, that would result in us learning what really happened out on the water.

[madville]

8. Commands getting relieved isn't uncommon

The spotlight usually illuminates a bunch of other stuff that usually is tolerated or unknown.

[ManiacJoe]

9. Exactly.

But since that part of the story is usually not reported, the parts made public seem out of step.

[Ash_F]

10. Probably got them lost.

[ManiacJoe]

11. You are probably thinking of the wrong guy.

[forest444]

7. Trump's next campaign manager?

Perhaps his (fanciful) pick for Defense Secretary.