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Goat Removed from USS Lake Erie Along with CO
Military.com ^
| May 4, 2015
| Tom Perry
Posted on 05/09/2015 5:40:23 PM PDT by QT3.14
Navy Capt. John Banigan is no longer aboard the San Diego-based guided missile cruiser Lake Erie.
Neither is a goat named Master Chief Charlie.
Banigan was ousted from command last week after the brass lost confidence in his ability to lead, the standard explanation when a commanding officer is removed.
Banigan has been reassigned to a desk job. Master Chief Charlie is also ashore, though it remains unclear whether he is on Navy property or civilian property. He is, however, in excellent health, the Navy said.
The fate of the captain and the goat became mixed when the Navy began an investigation into the command climate aboard the Lake Erie, which was reassigned to San Diego from Hawaii in September.
According to Navy Times, one of the things that investigators found was that Banigan allowed Master Chief Charlie to make the trip from Hawaii to San Diego.
Banigan may have failed to comply with the rules of the California Department of Food and Agriculture that require anyone bringing farm animals into the state to have them checked out by a veterinarian.
The exact reason for Banigan's removal as the ship's skipper remain unclear. The Navy declines to comment.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1904; 2015; agriculture; goat; hawaii; johnbanigan; masterchiefcharlie; military; napl; navy; strawberries; ussbrooklyn; usslakeerie; usswisconsin
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To: QT3.14
Brilliant defensive tactic. If ISIS attacks, they let the goat loose.
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posted on
05/09/2015 5:59:25 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: QT3.14
Guy sounds pretty stupid to me. As a former Senior Chief (retired for 25 years) I can honestly say he deserves to be relieved of command. It’s a fighting ship not a menagerie. At least it doesn’t sound like it was over a woman. I guess the question left hanging is - was it a female goat?
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:11:13 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: Paladin2
Actually its theNavy that has goats. Its their mascot at the Naval Academy.
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:13:35 PM PDT
by
lacrew
To: cva66snipe
To: QT3.14
The goat boat ride was last September?
What? There’s no Statute of Limitations for goat-boating?
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:15:12 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: QT3.14
There is a story in Viet Nam magazine a few months back about a Helicopter Pilot transferring some Pigs from one base to another. It was Hilarious
To: M Kehoe
Were there any strawberries involved? The goat ate them.
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:18:18 PM PDT
by
QT3.14
("What Washington Needs is Adult Supervision" - Zero, 2007 campaign)
To: Calvin Locke
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:23:36 PM PDT
by
abishai
To: Afterguard
“Guy sounds pretty stupid to me. As a former Senior Chief (retired for 25 years)”
Maybe you’re just mad the Master Chief goat outranked you.
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:27:58 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: QT3.14
Thank goodness no one took the goats nylon stockings off, there would have been real hell to pay.
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:33:08 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Calvin Locke
LOL thanks for the article.
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:33:09 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
To: DesertRhino
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:33:32 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: clintonh8r
Or....
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:33:35 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: QT3.14
Navy likes their nanny goats
To: cva66snipe
A squadron officer tried to bring a pig back to the ship with him LOL. Ah, the old "Seaman Hornsby" ploy.
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:42:52 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Charles Martel
Isnt the Navy mascot a goat?
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:46:43 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: Charles Martel
Anybody see the movie Yellow Beard? LOL
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:47:15 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
To: QT3.14
I visited King Neptune’s grave last week.
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posted on
05/09/2015 6:51:45 PM PDT
by
GT1945
(islim is a devil worshipping cult)
To: Calvin Locke
Before him, there was
Winnie or Winnipeg the bear. Winnie was born in August 1914 and came to Britain as the mascot of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps. She was placed in the London Zoo in 1915 and lived there until her death in 1934.
She was well loved for her playfulness and gentleness and is best remembered as the inspiration for A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh
Christopher Robin Milne feeding Winnie.
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