Navy fires skipper, XO and engineering and ops officers of USS Vandegrift

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Monday, November 5, 2012 - 6:37 AM Share

The four officers of the frigate were sacked for drinking too much on a port visit to Vladivostok. Well, what else is there to do there?

And have you ever noticed how the Navy seems to do its firings on Fridays? I guess that is traditional.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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