Online information (various sources) indicate the CO was relieved from command, and ultimately issued a letter of reprimand, but was not demoted.
In general, officers in active service cannot be demoted to a lower rank even by general court martial or under Article 15 non-judicial punishment. Officers can be reduced in rank upon retirement at that adjudication of a grade terminational review board based up on whether they are judged to have served dishonorably. The letter of reprimand alone is sufficient that he will never have a command or have any chance of achieving flag rank. Enlisted personnel can be demoted in grade via non-judicial action, sometimes an extreme reduction from senior NCO to private/sailor/airman without recourse although this is rare and only in cases of extreme failure of leadership.
Stranger
Billy Connolley, when riffing about two nuclear subs which had collided in the North Atlantic, thought he could solve their navigation problem for under a thousand pounds … put in a window.
Even the Starship Enterprise has a “window” on the Bridge!
~VOW
My bad. My civilian brain interpreted loss of command and demotion as the same thing.
Professor Farnsworth: Dear Lord! That’s over 150 atmospheres of pressure!
Fry: How many atmospheres can the ship withstand?
Professor Farnsworth: Well, it was built for space travel, so anywhere between zero and one.
Well, why not? The Russkies have 'em.
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I kid, I kid. They’re in a non-pressure hull part of the sail to protect the surface watch in Arctic waters. There was a thread on it a while back but I can’t find it.
Those are in the sail, not in the pressure hull.
Stranger
No, silly. You put guys on the sail, with binoculars.
And flashlights.
Old technology can come to the rescue: curb feelers.
As I said in the footnote that I hid to keep the joke alive.
How did you do that footnote thing? I want it.
Click on the gear on the right and Hide Details. I should have used Blur Spoiler, I guess but to my mind, it looks ugly.
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I like the hide details better. Very cool - thank you!
Well, being relieved of command before completing the command tour is certainly not a prestigious thing to happen.
Looks like they sacked the CO, the Exec and the “senior enlisted sailor” on the sub.
“Sound judgement, prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures in navigation planning, watch team execution and risk management could have prevented the incident,” the western Pacific-based 7th Fleet said in a statement.
I’m not sure what they mean by “sacked” here. Did they discharge them from the Navy? Seems unlikely. More likely is that they’ll be put in charge of a desk in “supply logistics”.
Yeah, I’m trying to find a cite from the original release rather than what is out there from an aggregator site. Every other site just says “relieved of command.”
Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, relieved Cmdr. Cameron Aljilani as commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Cashin as Executive Officer, and Master Chief Sonar Technician Cory Rodgers as Chief of the Boat, of Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22), on Nov. 04, 2021, due to loss of confidence.
Typically someone in this type of situation who is relieved of command or their assignment aboard a ship or submarine is assigned to a shore-based duty station (i.e. a desk job) to finish out their career.
If they have enough time in service they’ll be allowed to retire, but will never be promoted again, nor will they ever serve on another vessel.
Running a vessel aground or a collision at sea is uniformly career-ending in the U.S. Navy. Submarines are unique in that they can run aground even in deep water.
Like he had anything to do with where the sub was or how fast it was going. That’s just typical Navy behavior. Like when the Thresher went down, the Navy tried to blame the captain of the sub tender. Or the Iowa gun explosion - Blame the dead guy, and if possible blame a gay dead guy. And if he’s not gay, lie.