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Navy relieves commander of air recon squadron
AP ^ | Aug 12, 2008 | CHELSEA J. CARTER

Posted on 08/13/2008 8:13:27 AM PDT by tlb

SAN DIEGO - The commander of a Navy air reconnaissance squadron that provides the president and the defense secretary the airborne ability to command the nation's nuclear weapons has been relieved of duty, the Navy said Tuesday.

Cmdr. Shawn Bentley was relieved of duty Monday by the Navy for loss of confidence in his ability to command, only three months after taking the job.


(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commander; navair; navy
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Recon someone he shouldn't have been reconning perhaps.
1 posted on 08/13/2008 8:13:27 AM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb

Is it also possible that either someone asked, or he told?


2 posted on 08/13/2008 8:15:09 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: tlb

The writer of this article doesn’t seem to know there aren’t any nuclear powered aircraft..... or cut the article poorly.


3 posted on 08/13/2008 8:21:04 AM PDT by vharlow (http://www.harlowhome.com)
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To: tlb

The author is CHELSEA J. CARTER?

Gah! I got a visual of what would happen if you cross bred Amy Carter and Chelsea Clinton...


4 posted on 08/13/2008 8:26:49 AM PDT by null and void (Barack zerObama - International Man of Mystery...)
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To: WayneS
Is it also possible that either someone asked, or he told?

Or he pursued..............

5 posted on 08/13/2008 8:31:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (All that carbon in all that oil and coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back.....)
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To: tlb
How long until we hear his dismissal was racially motivated? tick...tick...tick...tick...
6 posted on 08/13/2008 8:32:27 AM PDT by llevrok (I love the Irish, just not O'Bama)
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`Recon someone he shouldn't have been reconning perhaps.

"But a source close to the investigation told The Associated Press that Bentley's removal regarded an undisclosed personal matter and was not related to the squadron's missions or duties"

More than likely.

7 posted on 08/13/2008 8:35:14 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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Recon someone he shouldn't have been reconning perhaps.

LOL! That was my first thought.

8 posted on 08/13/2008 8:46:00 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (A kid at McDonalds has more real-world work experience than Barack Hussein.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

I wonder if the personal matter was a matter of him boinking some admirals daughter.


9 posted on 08/13/2008 9:01:57 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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I wonder if the personal matter was a matter of him boinking some admirals daughter.

Most likely he was boinking someone outside of marriage. Probably somebody in the squadron. Navy takes a dim view of that.

10 posted on 08/13/2008 9:04:10 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: tlb

Sounds like a “zipper transfer”....tsk tsk...


11 posted on 08/13/2008 9:04:48 AM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash (Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd - The Axis of Ugly)
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To: null and void; SevenofNine; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie
Re: Gah! I got a visual of what would happen if you cross bred Amy Carter and Chelsea Clinton...

Gadzooks, null... maybe Chelsea just came out of the closet and married Amy in a Calfornication ceremony!

12 posted on 08/13/2008 9:04:49 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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"undisclosed personal matter" - Hide your sons, the Navy is in town. LOL --- "This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Cmdr. Shawn Bentley, Fleet Air Reconnaissance."
13 posted on 08/13/2008 9:13:29 AM PDT by WaterBoard
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To: WaterBoard

BUMP!


14 posted on 08/13/2008 9:26:57 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: magslinger

ping


15 posted on 08/13/2008 9:31:45 AM PDT by Vroomfondel
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To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; Bean Counter; investigateworld; ...
SONOBUOY PING!

Click on pic for past Navair pings.

Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
The only requirement for inclusion in the Navair Pinglist is an interest in Naval Aviation.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.

16 posted on 08/13/2008 9:49:26 AM PDT by magslinger (A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
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To: pepperdog

ping


17 posted on 08/13/2008 11:18:39 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: tlb

“Never miss a good chance to shut up” — Will Rogers


18 posted on 08/13/2008 12:00:50 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: vharlow
From the article:
The primary duty of the squadron, nicknamed the "Ironman," is to provide communication with ballistic missile submarines,

19 posted on 08/13/2008 12:59:58 PM PDT by SmithL (Drill Dammit!)
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To: xzins; jude24

First the AF cleans house, now the Navy is having issues.

What the heck is going on?


20 posted on 08/13/2008 1:31:28 PM PDT by Gamecock (The question is not, "Am I good enough to be a Christian?" rather "Am I good enough not to be?")
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