The Obama admin has its scapegoat. This goes higher up the food chain and should include a review of the ROE these sailors operated under, but won't because that might prove embarrassing for certain parties in DC.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy has fired the commander of the 10 American sailors who wandered into Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and were captured and held by Iran for about 15 hours.

In a statement Thursday, the Navy said it had lost confidence in Cmdr. Eric Rasch, who was the executive officer of the squadron that included the 10 sailors at the time of the January incident. He was responsible for the training and readiness of the more than 400 sailors in the unit.

A Navy official said that Rasch failed to provide effective leadership, leading to a lack of oversight, complacency and failure to maintain standards in the unit. The official was not authorized to discuss the details publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.

Rasch has been relieved of his command duties and reassigned, the Navy said.

Although this is the first firing by the Navy regarding the incident, several other sailors received administrative reprimands. The investigation is expected to be finished by the end of the month, and others are likely to be disciplined.

Rasch was promoted to commander of the unit in April — after the Iran incident occurred, but before the preliminary investigation was done

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-of...ocid=spartanntp

By the way notice how that boat didn't have any engine issues the next morning when they left Iran? Notice nothing about the sim cards? I think this is a way to keep all those sailors quite about what really happened. Since when does teamobama ever fire anyone for doing something wrong? They usually get promoted. I think I can count on one hand how many people they have fired for anything. Van Jones was one. I also thought Kerry said we did nothing wrong, yet they fire someone? Stinks to high heaven.

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By the way notice how that boat didn't have any engine issues the next morning when they left Iran? Notice nothing about the sim cards? I think this is a way to keep all those sailors quite about what really happened. Since when does teamobama ever fire anyone for doing something wrong? They usually get promoted. I think I can count on one hand how many people they have fired for anything. Van Jones was one. I also thought Kerry said we did nothing wrong, yet they fire someone? Stinks to high heaven.

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all good points!

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