Navy fires five officers in less than a week

The commanding officer of the Preble guided missile destroyer was the latest officer to be fired by the Navy.

According to a Navy statement, Cmdr. Peter Lesaca lost confidence in his ability to command.

Navy commanding officers are expected to uphold the highest standards of responsibility, reliability and leadership, and the Navy holds them accountable when they fall short of those standards, according to the service.

The Navy stated that Capt. Larry Repass, deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 23, would assume the duties as commanding officer until the permanent and qualified relief arrived.

The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the Recruit Training Command due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

The service only said that Sandin had been redeployed to Naval Service Training Command headquarters.

Sandin's responsibilities were taken over by the chief of staff of the naval service training command.

The commanding officer and command master chief of the Bulkeley destroyer were relieved of their duties due to a loss of confidence in their ability to function as a command leadership team.

Johnson had been the ship's commanding officer since July 2020.

Captain William "Mac" Harkin was temporarily assigned as commanding officer until a permanent relief is identified.

The master chief was replaced by the second one.

The staff of the commander of Naval Surface Force Atlantic will be the new home of Johnson and Sanders.

The statement said there was no impact on the command's mission or schedule.

The commanding officer of Electronic Attack Squadron 137 was relieved of his duties on June 8 due to a loss of confidence.

The commanding officer of VAQ-137 was temporarily assigned to the Electronic Attack Wing Pacific.

The acting commanding officer is Scott Maynes, the executive officer of VAQ-137.

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