Navy relieves Mayport commander of USS Paul Ignatius of his duties after 6 months

The person who commanded the Naval Station Mayport-based USS Paul Ignatius has been relieved of command six months into his appointment, in accordance with the U.S. Navy.

Cmdr. Jeffrey Servello was faraway from responsibility on Jan. 6 “on account of a lack of confidence in his potential to command,” in accordance with a quick Navy assertion.

Servello’s removing comes after an investigation into the ship’s efficiency throughout a 2021 train wherein the crew had made errors throughout an anti-air warfare drill within the Atlantic, in accordance with the U.S. Naval Institute Information.

Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander of Naval Floor Pressure Atlantic, stated Cmdr. Eric Meyers will probably be briefly assigned as commanding officer till a everlasting alternative is recognized. Servello will probably be briefly moved to the workers of Naval Floor Squadron 14, based mostly at Mayport.

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Servello referred to as his time in command “the consideration of my profession,” in accordance with his assertion to the U.S. Naval Institute Information.

“Whereas deeply upset by this determination, I perceive that the buck stops with me because the commanding officer, whatever the circumstances or extenuating particulars,” he stated. “I sit up for ending my time within the Navy and starting a brand new chapter in civilian life.”

The usPaul Ignatius is called after the 59th secretary of the Navy and is the 67th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, in accordance with the Navy. It was homeported at Mayport after its 2019 commissioning.

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Servello, a local of Hollywood, Md., had served because the commanding officer since June. A 2002 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, his profession began as a floor warfare officer on the usPorty Royal, then chief engineer on USS Nitze and USS Leyte Gulf, in accordance with the Navy.

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From mid-2013 till late 2014, he commanded the usSquall within the Arabian Gulf, then was the usPaul Ignatius’s government officer from late 2019 to April, the Navy stated. His shore responsibility included time as an teacher on the Naval Academy and placement officer on the Navy Personnel Command in Tennessee.

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