==USS Winston Churchill XO ousted

By Diana Stancy Correll December 11, 2021

The executive officer of the destroyer Winston Churchill was relieved Friday due to a “loss of confidence” in his ability to lead and failure to follow a “lawful order,” according to Naval Surface Force Atlantic.

Multiple media reports claim that Cmdr. Lucian Kins was relieved for failing to receive the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine and comply with COVID-19 testing. According to the Associated Press, Kins is the first officer in the Navy ousted for failing to comply with that policy.

Lt. Cmdr. Jason Fischer, a spokesman for Naval Surface Force Atlantic, said he could not speak to Kins’ vaccination and testing status due to privacy concerns. Likewise, when asked if Kins had applied for a religious exemption, Fischer said that “we don’t comment on administrative actions taken by service members.”

“On December 10, 2021, Commander, Naval Surface Squadron 14, Capt. Ken Anderson, relieved Cmdr. Lucian Kins as executive officer of USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) due to loss of confidence in Kins’ ability to perform his duties,” Fischer said in a statement.

“Lt. Cmdr. Han Yi, the ship’s plans and tactics officer, is temporarily assigned as executive officer until a permanent relief is identified,” Fischer said. “Kins will be reassigned to the staff of Naval Surface Squadron 14.”

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/12/11/uss-winston-churchill-xo-ousted/

{I predict this fails, and badly. At first the cooks may be all about it, but the others will quickly hate it.}

Navy unveils new enlisted career policy designed to encourage sailors to remain at sea

By Diana Stancy Correll December 9, 2021

Some enlisted sailors could earn up to $800 extra each month by volunteering to extend their sea duty tour, part of a new enlisted career management policy the Navy is ushering in early next year.

Sailors in sea-intensive ratings at E-4 and below who wrap up a four-year apprentice sea tour are eligible for several benefits if they sign on to another three-year journeyman sea tour as an E-5, according to a naval administrative message released Thursday.

“At that four-year mark at sea, the sailor is just developing a critical skill set for us,” Fleet Master Chief Wes Koshoffer told reporters Dec. 7. “We value that, we want that experience to remain at sea, and we’re willing to offer some real incentives to keep it there. Additionally, the sailors are incentivized to do this, because a lot of career milestones in our sea intensive ratings occur at sea or while deployed.”

The Detailing Marketplace Assignment Policy is set to replace Sea Shore Flow, which was last updated in 2019. Under that policy, sea tours were a maximum of five years and sailors had the option to extend.

But the Navy has found that Sea Shore Flow has led to gaps in sea-intensive ratings, which is “amplifying the already arduous nature of sea duty,” the NAVADMIN said. The ramifications of those gaps include difficulties in implementing circadian rhythm watch bills, degraded materiel readiness and limited training times.

The new policy aims to fix this problem by “eliminating the maximum sea duty tour length constraint and redistributing sailors,” the NAVADMIN said “By rolling them to shore at five years, per our policy, we’re creating policy-induced gaps at sea, and basically rolling experience ashore before we would really like to, in recognition of the fact that more than five years on sea is a commitment … it’s a change in the way that we manage the fleet,” Rear Adm. James Waters III, director of military personnel, plans and policy, told reporters.

“We sought a policy solution to encourage sailors to stay at sea and fill those critical, critical gaps in a way that reflects our commitment to them and respects the decision to stay at sea,” Waters said.

The monetary incentives range from $200 a month to $800 a month as part of Detailing Marketplace incentive pay — averaging out to approximately $500 each month, Waters said. The exact amount is contingent upon the location and type of sea duty, and can be modified depending on the popularity of the duty station or other factors.

That incentive pay is separate from the $21,300 sailors assigned to ships company earn over the course of their three-year E-5 journeyman tour as part of career sea pay and and sea pay premium, the NAVADMIN notes.

But the financial incentives aren’t the only perk for sailors, Koshoffer said, citing the geographic stability and advancement opportunities for sailors. For example, some sailors could advance to E-5 sooner by completing another sea tour, rather than remaining an E-4 on a shore tour.

Additionally, sailors may stay at the same command or move to a different command “to best maximize value to sailors and the fleet,” the NAVADMIN said.

“The money is nice. The advancement is very nice,” Koshoffer said. “And perhaps the stability is also much desired.”

Phase one of DMAP is slated to kick off in March 2022, and is expected to last from nine months to a year — perhaps even longer, according to Waters. The Navy has not established a set number of phases for unveiling DMAP, and will adjust based on the response from the fleet.

“As we work this and observe and get feedback from the sailors and their commands, we’ll make determinations about how many steps we’ll take to get to full implementation across the fleet,” Waters said.

The first phase of DMAP will be available to the following ratings: aviation boatswain’s mate (fuel); aviation boatswain’s mate (aircraft handling); gas turbine system technicians (mechanical), and culinary specialist.

Although DMAP will be the official policy, sailors in other ratings will continue to follow the previous guidance outlined in Sea Shore Flow until the new policy takes effect fleetwide.

Specific numbers will vary by rating, but the Navy said that there will be approximately 250 sailors in each rating who take on that additional three-year sea tour.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/12/09/navy-unveils-new-enlisted-career-policy-designed-to-encourage-sailors-to-remain-at-sea/?fbclid=IwAR18PPkm6EgcZ5LYNkS3FhEvC9FsD_1tk3dY-FqEG_1Pg849IJ31Eh79yKE

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Oh Brother… Joe Biden Blames Q-Anon for Lack of Unity Behind his Historic Failures and Marxist Policy(VIDEO)

By Jim Hoft

Published December 11, 2021 at 2:30pm

Joe Biden joined Democrat activist Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night for a rare media interview.

Joe brought a set of note cards to help him out so he wouldn’t get lost.

During the staged discussion Bide commented on the Trump Republicans. Democrats hate that the majority of Republicans have turned against Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and crazy Liz Cheney. The GOP was so much more manageable before Trump.

Biden is currently watching over the collapse of the Trump economy with record inflation rates. This follows Joe Biden’s horrific surrender in Afghanistan and arming of the Taliban. Up to 14,000 Americans were left behind and thousands are still stranded in the country with no support coming from the Biden regime.

Joe Biden: The truth is that before COVID hit, the Trump arm of the Republican party that seems to be the Republican party now did not even show up at the Kennedy Center… Bob Dole. We’re friends. We disagreed but we were friends. We used to have an awful lot of that relationship. And it still exists except that Republicans, the Q-Anon and the extreme elements of the Republican Party, what Donald Trump sort of keeps feeding the, uh, you know the Big Lie. It makes it awful hard. There’s an awful lot of Republicans in Congress who would agree with that.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/12/oh-brother-joe-biden-blames-q-anon-lack-unity-behind-historic-failures-marxist-policy-video/

MSNBC Primetime Hosts Completely Ignore Conviction Of Jussie Smollett In Hate Crime Hoax

By Mike LaChance

Published December 11, 2021 at 12:46am

When actor Jussie Smollett first claimed he was attacked by two white men wearing MAGA hats, liberals in media couldn’t get enough of the story.

Even though most people suspected it was a lie, the folks at MSNBC bought it hook, line and sinker.

This week, a jury convicted Smollett finding him guilty on five out of six counts. It was all a hoax, and now no one at MSNBC wants to talk about it anymore. Isn’t that strange?

FOX News reports:

Jussie Smollett verdict: MSNBC primetime hosts completely avoid disgraced actor’s conviction

History appears to be repeating itself on MSNBC as its primetime stars, again, buried the hate crime hoax that has now resulted in the conviction of disgraced “Empire” star Jussie Smollett.

Smollett was found guilty on five of the six charges against him stemming from 2019 allegations that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime, which was later revealed he orchestrated.

However, after the breaking news was mentioned on “The Beat with Ari Melber,” Smollett’s conviction was completely ignored by “ReidOut” host Joy Reid, “All In” host Chris Hayes, “The Rachel Maddow Show” host Rachel Maddow,” “The Last Word” host Lawrence O’Donnell as well as “11th Hour” anchor Brian Williams. Their coverage was largely dominated by an appeals court’s decision to reject former President Trump’s request to shield presidential records from the Jan. 6 committee.

In fact, MSNBC’s most-watched programs have never covered the hoax since Smollett made his initial claims and as his false narrative unraveled, according to Grabien transcripts.

Why do you think they lost interest in the story?

Every prime time MSNBC host failed to cover the Jussie Smollett guilty verdicts on their shows. Insanely dishonest after they all hyped the Jussie fake hate crime claims. https://t.co/iStvQcnIqh

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 10, 2021

It’s simple, really. The story is no longer useful to them, so they will now act like it never happened.

Cross posted from American Lookout.