Navy fires CO of USS Howard for the second time in lower than 6 months

The Navy eliminated the commanding officer of the Japan-based destroyer Howard on Tuesday – lower than six months after relieving the earlier skipper of the ship.

In a quick assertion, the Navy mentioned it ousted Cmdr. Cameron Dennis, who turned the commanding officer of the warship in September, on account of a “lack of confidence in his potential to carry out his duties.”

Because it all different aid bulletins, the Navy offered no additional particulars on the explanations for the sacking.

Dennis is being reassigned to the seventh Fleet employees, whereas the deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 15, Capt Dave Huljack, will function commanding officer till a everlasting aid is discovered.

“There isn’t a affect to the ship’s mission or schedule,” the Navy mentioned in an announcement Tuesday.

No extra particulars have been instantly offered.

Dennis beforehand served as the chief officer of the destroyer Higgins, and likewise accomplished excursions because the materiel and fight methods officer of Destroyer Squadron 7, chief engineer aboard the mine countermeasures ship Gladiator, and because the navigator and injury management assistant with destroyer Pinckney, in keeping with the Navy.

In August, the Navy eliminated then-commanding officer of the Howard, Cmdr. Kenji Igawa, on account of a lack of confidence.

The ship suffered a “gentle grounding” because it pulled into Bali for a scheduled port go to a couple of days previous to his aid.

The Howard relies in Yokosuka, Japan.