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John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« on: April 22, 2026, 06:20:48 pm »
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-04-22/john-phelan-out-as-navy-secretary-21456797.html

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WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is leaving his position effective immediately, the Pentagon announced Wednesday night.

“On behalf of the Secretary of War (Pete Hegseth) and Deputy Secretary of War (Steve Feinberg), we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post on X, using the administration’s preferred term for the Department of Defense. “We wish him well in his future endeavors.”

Undersecretary of the Navy Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy, Parnell said.

Uh oh...something's wrong in the sea service.
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2026, 06:35:23 pm »
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2026, 06:36:16 pm »
But why?  He seemed to be doing a pretty good job of turning the Navy around and making it strong again.   :shrug:
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2026, 06:38:24 pm »
Phelan's wife just gave Don Jr's fiance a wedding shower...seems Don Jr and Phelan are friends.
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2026, 06:39:49 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 22, 2026, 06:38:24 pm
Phelan's wife just gave Don Jr's fiance a wedding shower...seems Don Jr and Phelan are friends.

Well that's going to complicate the story.
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2026, 06:43:33 pm »
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2026, 06:53:15 pm »
Hung Cao is awesome but something is definitely not right here.  You simply don't fire SecNav in the middle of a war if everything is going as advertised.
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2026, 07:12:06 pm »
Somethings wrong.
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2026, 07:44:08 pm »
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Navy Secretary John C. Phelan without explanation, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.

Phelan and his wife, Amy, are friends with President Donald Trump's family and have longstanding ties to Palm Beach, Florida. As recently as last weekend, Amy Phelan hosted a bridal shower at Mar-a-Lago for Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée.

His biography on the U.S. Navy’s website shows Phelan was sworn in as the 79th secretary of the Navy in March 2025, overseeing nearly 1 million sailors, Marines, reservists and civilian personnel, along with a budget of more than $260 billion.

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Navy secretary departs immediately as undersecretary takes over in acting role
The secretary of war and deputy secretary of war expressed gratitude for Phelan's service to the Navy

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/navy-secretary-departs-immediately-undersecretary-takes-over-acting-role
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
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 Navy secretary fired after feud over Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ with Pentagon leaders, including Hegseth
By Emily Goodin,
Victor Nava and
Marisa Schultz
Published April 22, 2026
Updated April 22, 2026, 7:40 p.m. ET

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired Wednesday after months of feuding with his Pentagon bosses, particularly over his handling of President Trump’s “Golden Fleet” shipbuilding initiative.

Tensions among Phelan, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg had been simmering for months, according to the New York Times and a Republican source.

Phelan didn’t get along with Pentagon brass and his management and leadership style were “incongruent” with Hegseth and Feinberg, one GOP source familiar with the fired Navy secretary’s standing at the Pentagon told The Post.

“The administration really wanted to accelerate the shipbuilding program because of the president’s agenda … and the secretary seemed incapable of accomplishing those goals, and he wasn’t well-liked,” the source said. “When you combine incompetence with arrogance, it usually doesn’t end well.”

Feinberg had been gradually diverting responsibility for the major project away from Phelan, the New York Times reported.

The secretary had also butted heads with Hung Cao, the undersecretary who is now set to replace him, officials told the outlet.

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https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/us-news/trump-replacing-navy-secretary-in-major-shakeup-as-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-rages/
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Re: John Phelan out as Navy secretary
« Reply #10 on: Today at 10:36:54 am »
So Phelan realized the stupidity of Trump's demand to build new "golden" battleships, slow walked initial plans, and was fired for it?

That certainly tracks.

Like I said above, I track Navy procurement and RDT&E as part of my job, and it appeared to me that Phelan was turning it all around very quickly.  So Trump is probably shooting himself in the foot again.
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