Navy fires Fitzgerald XO
Geoff Ziezulewicz
The executive officer of the guided-missile destroyer Fitzgerald was relieved late last month.
Cmdr. Chris Kennedy was relieved on Sept. 29 “due to a loss of confidence in her ability to serve as executive officer,†Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman, a Naval Surface Forces spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement.
The relief was not based on any investigation and was a matter of commanders losing confidence “in her abilities due to a review of her performance,†Schwegman said.
Kennedy became the Fitz’s XO in December, while the ship was still in a Mississippi shipyard undergoing massive repairs after a 2017 at-sea collision that killed seven sailors on board.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/10/16/navy-fires-fitzgerald-xo/
