Anonymous ID: b2034c April 28, 2019, 3:56 p.m. No.6351931   🗄️.is 🔗kun

(((▪︎Guantanamo Bay prison commander fired after investigation▪︎)))

 

A top commander in charge of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired following an investigation, The New York Times reports.

 

Rear Adm. John Ring has been relieved due to a “loss of confidence in his ability” to serve as commander, U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for the prison, said in a statement reported by The Times.

 

His deputy, Brig. Gen. John Hussey, has been named acting commander, according to the newspaper.

Ring, the former commander of the aircraft carrier Nimitz, was assigned as the prison’s 18th commander in April 2018 and was due to be replaced by Rear Adm. Timothy Kuehhas.

 

Southern Command spokesperson Col. Amanda Azubuike denied to The Times that the decision was connected to hosting a news media visit at the prison, saying the investigation had been completed before the visit, according to the newspaper.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/441072-guantanamo-bay-prison-commander-fired-after-investigation-report