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Title: Former McCain, Fitzgerald CDRs Facing Negligent Homicide Charges
Post by: rangerrebew on January 17, 2018, 10:45:01 am

Former McCain, Fitzgerald CDRs Facing Negligent Homicide Charges
By Robert Burns & Lolita C. Baldor
January 17, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five officers involved in two Navy ship collisions last year that killed a total of 17 sailors are being charged with negligent homicide, the Navy said Tuesday.

A Navy spokesman, Capt. Greg Hicks, said the charges, which also include dereliction of duty and endangering a ship, will be presented to what the military calls an Article 32 hearing to determine whether the accused are taken to trial in a court-martial.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/01/17/former_mccain_fitzgerald_cdrs_facing_negligent_homicide_charges_112912.html (https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/01/17/former_mccain_fitzgerald_cdrs_facing_negligent_homicide_charges_112912.html)