{"id":127990,"date":"2022-07-16T14:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=127990"},"modified":"2022-07-16T14:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:49:25","slug":"culpability-found-in-uss-bonhomme-richard-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=127990","title":{"rendered":"Culpability Found in USS Bonhomme Richard Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nUSS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) Ablaze at Pier Side<\/em><\/p>\n

More than 20 sailors have been punished for the four-day fire that led to the loss of the warship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) in 2020, the Navy announced.<\/p>\n

The disciplinary actions include letters of reprimand and forfeitures of pay for the former Captain and XO, as well as a punitive letter of reprimand for the ship\u2019s Command Master Chief.<\/p>\n

Other dispositions included six Nonjudicial Punishments (NJP) with guilty findings, two NJPs with Matter of Interest Filings (MIF) and a Letter of Instruction (LOI), two NJP dismissals with a warning, one additional MIF, five other LOIs, three Non-Punitive Letters of Caution (NPLOC), two letters to former sailors documenting substandard performance, and six no-action determinations.<\/p>\n

Plus, a three star received a censure letter.<\/p>\n

Jeff LPH 3 sends.<\/p>\n

Vice admiral and two dozen others punished for USS Bonhomme Richard fire<\/h3>\n

By Geoff Ziezulewicz<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Navy announced Friday it disciplined more than two dozen service members for their roles in the July 2020 fire that destroyed the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard in San Diego.<\/p>\n

Chief among the actions is a letter of censure issued by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro against now-retired Vice Adm. Richard Brown, who was serving as the commander of Naval Surface Forces when the blaze was called away on July 12 as the amphib was undergoing maintenance on the waterfront.<\/p>\n

Brown disputed any culpability for the bungled multi-day effort to extinguish the inferno in an interview with Defense News earlier this summer. He had already been informed the censure letter was coming.<\/p>\n

Among other points of contention, Brown told Defense News he was never interviewed for the investigation and was told late last year that he had not been found culpable for the fire or the response.<\/p>\n

Brown also said that his efforts to oversee the firefight after other admirals in the ship\u2019s operational chain of command shirked their duty were ignored in the investigation. And he took issue with the officer who was appointed to lead the investigation, who Brown said had a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a political hit,\u201d Brown told Navy Times Friday. \u201cFor whatever reason, to appease the Senate, to appease Congress, we\u2019re going to hang a three star.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Defense News<\/a><\/p>\n

Not included are criminal charges the Navy has brought against suspected arsonist Seaman Apprentice Ryan Mays. His trial is set to begin in September. I’ll keep my opinion of Vice Admiral Brown to myself.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Jeff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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