Sailor charged with Bonhomme Richard arson was angry about washing out of SEALs, Navy alleges

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‘You could tell he didn’t want to be here,’ testifies supervisor of Ryan Mays

SAN DIEGO — A 19-year-old sailor was so disgruntled with the Navy last year after dropping out of SEAL training that he intentionally set the devastating fire aboard the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard in San Diego, Navy prosecutors alleged Monday during the first day of a preliminary hearing at Naval Base San Diego.

Seaman Ryan Mays, now 20, is charged with the willful hazarding of a vessel and aggravated arson. Mays faces up to life in prison if convicted, his civilian lawyer, Gary Barthel, told the Union-Tribune in an interview Monday,

Mays denies the charges against him.

The hearing, known as an “Article 32" in the military justice system, is scheduled to continue through Thursday as Navy prosecutors work to convince a hearing officer, Navy Capt. Angela Tang, that it has enough evidence to prosecute the sailor in connection with the July 2020 fire.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/2021-12-13/navy-sailor-bonhomme-richard-arson

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1. Sound like they made the right decision in drumming him out.

He clarly doesn;t have the temperament to be a Seal. That's saying a lot given the Former Governor Rapey Greitens was a Seal.