{"id":122485,"date":"2022-02-04T07:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=122485"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:43:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:43:38","slug":"master-chief-petty-officer-of-the-navy-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=122485","title":{"rendered":"Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy under investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_122486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122486\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MCPON_Russell_L_Smith_2-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MCPON_Russell_L_Smith_2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MCPON_Russell_L_Smith_2-266x333.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MCPON_Russell_L_Smith_2-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MCPON_Russell_L_Smith_2-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MCPON_Russell_L_Smith_2-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MCPON_Russell_L_Smith_2-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MCPON Russell Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeff LPH 3 sends in word that the second consecutive MCPON (the top enlisted man in the Navy) is under investigation from the Inspector General. MCPON Smith apparently has been accused of misconduct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/02\/03\/navy-investigating-top-enlisted-sailor-over-alleged-misconduct\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&amp;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Breaking%20News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military Times reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Naval Inspector General has launched an investigation into allegations of misconduct by the top enlisted sailor in the Navy, according to a defense official with direct knowledge of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell L. Smith is the second consecutive enlisted leader of the sea service to come under such scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The defense official, who asked to remain anonymous as they weren\u2019t authorized to speak on the matter, did not specify the nature of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Smith did not respond to a phone message Wednesday, but his spokesperson, Senior Chief Stacee McCarroll, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not allowed to talk about it right now,\u201d she told Navy Times.<\/p>\n<p>Cmdr. Reann Mommsen, a Navy spokeswoman, also declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a matter of policy, the Navy does not comment on the status of investigations or confirm if an individual is under investigation,\u201d Momsen said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear where the NAVIG investigation currently stands or whether it has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>Smith became the sea service\u2019s 15th MCPON in 2018, following the abrupt resignation of his predecessor, former MCPON Steven Giordano. Giordano left the post following a series of Navy Times stories detailing allegations about his hair trigger temper and accusations he behaved like a Hollywood diva.<\/p>\n<p>While declining to discuss specific allegations against Smith, the defense official said they were not at the level of the misconduct alleged against former MCPON Giordano.<\/p>\n<p>An IG report obtained by Navy Times in 2019 determined that Giordano turned subordinates into waiters who served him coffee and meals, berated his staffers and failed to report a gift given to him as a high-ranking official.<\/p>\n<p>Smith enlisted in 1988 and was selected for the command master chief program in 2007, according to his official biography.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff LPH 3 sends in word that the second consecutive MCPON (the top enlisted man in &hellip; <a title=\"Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy under investigation\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=122485\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy under investigation<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}