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Navy Leadership and Ethics CO Fired

by AW1Ed••41


Captain Lester A. Brown, Jr.

Commander of Navy Leadership and Ethics Center Fired over Personal Conduct

By Konstantin Toropin

The Navy has relieved the commanding officer of its Navy Leadership and Ethics Command in San Diego, a statement announced Tuesday.

Capt. Shawn Bailey of the Navy Ethics and Leadership Center relieved Capt. Lester Brown Jr. of his duties Tuesday “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” the statement said.

According to its website, the schoolhouse command “provides training and education for officers not yet in command and courses designed as part of the Enlisted Leader Development (ELD) framework.”

Brown’s relief marks at least the 11th firing of a commanding officer this year over a “loss of confidence in their ability to command.”

Loss of confidence is a boilerplate reason provided by the Navy, and other military services, that can encompass anything from issues with the way the commander is treating their crew to personal actions like drunken driving.

A Navy official told Military.com that Brown was relieved over a matter of personal conduct for which there was a command investigation.

Military.com

Ironically Lester’s bio doesn’t mention if he ever actually attended a Leadership and Ethics course.
Captain Lester A. Brown, Jr.
Looks like he was well on his way to a Flag, right up until he ran aground on the shoals of Lost Faith and Confidence. Thanks to Andy11M for the link.

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41 thoughts on “Navy Leadership and Ethics CO Fired”

            1. She was merely following the example of the previously anointed Democrat presidential candidate, a true role model for American women to follow.

    2. Seems to be a lot of “loss of confidence” going around. 11 firings in 11 months? Are they going to make it 12, or go for a bakers dozen.

      1. Yeah.

        They put these idiots in these positions for show in a lot of cases.

        It was only a matter of time.

        Looks like the Navy is doing a bit of housecleaning…

        1. Sad thing is, ya gotta consider at least two possibilities.. the first is the obvious, that they are morons promoted above their level of incompetence, the second is that the current regime is continuing its purge of decent, patriotic officers, in order to do as much damage as possible before the leave town..
          Don’t have any further info, so no idea which is true in this case.

    5. Any chance that she is related to Spanky McFarlane? Speaking of which, Darla Hood would have turned 93 if she was still with us. Hack saw her as young woman on The Jack Benny Program, and she was a hottie. She passed at age 47 after contracting acute hepatitis from a blood transfusion during an operation.

    2. Having ethics must be a lot more complicated than thought if it requires a senior officer and a separate organization to instill it. Silly me, I have relied on what I learned as a child. I must be pretty unethical.

    1. Wrapped in the blanket of aggrieved-status, high on one’s own faux “for the greater good” farts, protected by a cult of fellow saboteurs of systems that function…

      The capacity to justify willful violations of ethics is boundless.

    2. Didn’t
      Earn
      It

      Perhaps the Navy will reorient itself to promote officers based on merit, experience, competence, and judgement instead of the dogshit Carlos Del Toro has been advocating for and allowing to persist over the last few years.

  4. Haha. The irony of Lester (call sign “Mo’Lest’her”) Brown and Cayanne “Hot stuff” MacFarlane being relieved in the same time and place is both hilarious and impossible to ignore. Especially when paired with his responsibility for ethics and leadership and her focus on information. All they had to do was “the right thing, even when nobody is looking.” Instead, they’ve become an object lesson for their peers.

    Good job taking out the trash, Navy! It’s just a shame someone else lost out on the command opportunities these two thieves stole.

    1. Another Monday morning safety brief will be ready to go by well, Monday morning.

      Too bad they won’t be able to sit in on it. It promises to be fun.

      1. Monday is Veteran’s Day, but this is such a pressing matter that all enlisted will be directed to report at 06:45 for mandatory Remedial Ethis Training.

  5. Commanding “Navy Leadership and Ethics Command” sounds like it’s a half-step below “Shitty Little Jobs Officer”. Did he get this job via wanker walking?

    1. That is a little odd. He’s usually the one that doesn’t get fired no matter how bad his airmen are screwing up.

  10. “Executive Master of Science in business administration from William and Mary College.”

    My late brother-in-law used to teach in that program at W & M. Not the most rigorous or challenging course of study from what he told me. An excellent resume enhancer, though.

  12. The Fat Leonard scandal seriously disrupted Navy promotions for years. 450 officers were tied up with it. It led to others getting promoted to fill vacancies when they otherwise would not have been selected. And it leads to situations like this.

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