Submarine Commander Faked Death to End Affair, Navy Says
Source: ABC News
A Navy officer has been relieved of his duties as commander of a submarine following the discovery that he faked his own death in order to end an extramarital affair.
Navy Cmdr. Michael Ward II, 43, was dismissed from his post as the commander of the USS Pittsburgh just one week after he took command.
Ward was dismissed when Navy investigators found out that he had sent his 23-year-old girlfriend an email from a fake co-worker claiming that Ward had died, according to a report obtained by the Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act.
Ward had met the unidentified Chesapeake, Va., woman through an online dating service in October. The relationship lasted eight months, according to the Navy.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/submarine-commander-faked-death-end-affair-navy/story?id=17271127#.UFoPGLJlRD0
Honesty is the best policy, especially when it comes to nukes.
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(15,882 posts)before his little charade. Slime bag - I don't have a problem with affairs, but I do have a problem with people not standing up for their responsibilities and not acting like a child. Given that we are still paying his salary, that's some government waste I wouldn't mind seeing gone.
While we should really hope this is an isolated instance, that someone with such poor judgement makes it into a position to kill people is troubling. This sub fired Tomahawk missiles into Iraq on 2 or 3 deployments. Then again, maybe that's the kind of judgement it takes to rain Tomahawk missiles down on people, perhaps even children.
A whole week on the new job, and this is his legacy.