Boomer CO fired for ‘loss of confidence’

[unhappycamper]

Cmdr. Charles "Tony" Hill, commanding officer of the ballistic missle submarine West Virginia's Gold Crew, was fired Dec. 29 because of a "loss of confidence" in his ability to command.


Boomer CO fired for ‘loss of confidence’
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Dec 30, 2008 12:36:11 EST

The skipper of a ballistic-missile submarine was fired Monday shortly after returning home from his first deployment, according to a spokeswoman.

Cmdr. Charles “Tony” Hill, 45, was relieved “due to a loss of confidence” in his ability to command the Gold Crew of the boomer West Virginia. The Ohio-class submarine carries 24 Trident II nuclear missiles and is based at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.

The boat returned to Kings Bay in November.

“There were no specific incidents, just a number of indications related to command climate,” said Lt. Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for Submarine Group 10.

“It had nothing to do with the (nuclear) reactor and at no point was the crew or the public in danger,” Rebarich said.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/12/navy_firedskipper_123008/%2e

[Divine Discontent]

1. talk of what happened...

http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2008/12/ssbn-co-relieved-for-cause.html

lots of people saying very acidic treatment by the CO towards crew making them basically despise the guy even if he was competent in what he did (thus the "command climate" from the spokeswoman)