G. Ziezulewicz, MT
Seventeen sailors from the destroyers Fitzgerald and John S. McCain have received nonjudicial punishment for their roles in last summer's West Pacific collisions that killed 17 sailors, officials confirmed Thursday.The Navy also plans to reverse a guilty verdict it handed out to an officer from the warship Fitzgerald for involvement in the June 17 collision off Japan that killed seven shipmates.The prior ruling against the officer in a nonjudicial punishment hearing was reversed by the head of the consolidated disposition authority, an entity established in October to review all prior... Read More
Seventeen sailors from the destroyers Fitzgerald and John S. McCain have received nonjudicial punishment for their roles in last summer's West Pacific collisions that killed 17 sailors, officials confirmed Thursday.The Navy also plans to reverse a guilty verdict it handed out to an officer from the warship Fitzgerald for involvement in the June 17 collision off Japan that killed seven shipmates.The prior ruling against the officer in a nonjudicial punishment hearing was reversed by the head of the consolidated disposition authority, an entity established in October to review all prior... Read More