chief of naval operations

"I believe that we can trust them to read books like that and draw reasonable conclusions."

Gilday is 57 years old.

Neither Gilday nor Lengyel attended a meeting at the White House on Saturday with President Donald Trump and senior military leaders.

Navy Capt. Brett Crozier was fired after warning his superiors that his sailors would die of COVID-19 unless most of his crew were placed in individual quarantine.

"We do not consider Adm. Moran's continued relationship with the Navy commander to be misconduct; rather, we consider it a performance issue,"

Yes: Character problems. That's it.

A Navy spokesman said there is no connection between any of the five officers relieved of command, adding that each relief is looked at separately.

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Navy's top officer wants to identify the "root causes" of the slew of misconduct that's roiled the Naval Special Warfare community in recent years despite a relatively recent Pentagon review that found "no gaps" in the ethics and professional training for U.S. special operations forces

"The coalition that we're building in the Arabian Gulf and specifically in the Strait of Hormuz is going to be a 80- or 90-percent coalition effort. A much smaller U.S. effort is primarily focused on providing intelligence support to the rest of the coalition."

A 1985 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Gilday is a surface warfare officer who saw combat during the Persian Gulf War.

Adm. Bill Moran acknowledged he maintained a "professional relationship" with a former officer who was "held accountable over allegations of inappropriate behavior."

"On rare occasions, there are service members who are unwilling to conform their behavior to our ethical standards. In those disappointing situations, appropriate responsive action must be both timely and just. Our Navy and the American people expect no less."

"Adm. Moran is an extraordinary leader who has been a stalwart partner and advisor," Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said in a statement. "I look forward to working with him in the years ahead when he is confirmed."

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