Listen as Larry spoke with Commander Kirk Lippold, USS Cole, regarding the Navy filing criminal charges against commanders and other personnel aboard the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain following the deadly ship collisions last year.
Navy files criminal charges against commanders in deadly collisions (ABC News)
The U.S. Navy is filing negligent homicide charges against the former commanding officers of two destroyers involved in collisions last summer that killed 17 American sailors. The former commanding officers are among six Navy personnel aboard the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain the Navy says should face criminal charges and possible court martial for the collisions–which occurred off the coasts of Japan and Singapore.
“Courts-martial proceedings/Article 32 hearings are being convened to review evidence supporting possible criminal charges against Fitzgerald members,” said Captain Greg Hicks, the Navy’s Chief of Information, in a statement announcing the charges.
Article 32 hearings are preliminary court hearings that determine whether criminal charges should stand and be referred to a court martial. [Read More]
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