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The poor man was probably despondent over being commanded to participate in war crimes against the Yemenis resulting in many tens of thousands of civilian deaths.
The ultimate protest against the Commander in Chief. Suicide.
It appears that the suicide rate in the military is spiking up.
Donald Trump is claiming he is making the military great again, but the suicide rate is indicating otherwise.
Top US naval commander in Middle East found dead - CNNPolitics
The poor man was probably despondent over being commanded to participate in war crimes against the Yemenis resulting in many tens of thousands of civilian deaths.
The ultimate protest against the Commander in Chief. Suicide.
It appears that the suicide rate in the military is spiking up.
Donald Trump is claiming he is making the military great again, but the suicide rate is indicating otherwise.
Top US naval commander in Middle East found dead - CNNPolitics
Top US naval commander in Middle East found dead
By Ryan Browne, CNN
Updated 2159 GMT (0559 HKT) December 1, 2018
Team, it's my sad duty to inform you that today the Secretary of the Navy and I were informed that Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, our commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and commander of U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, was found deceased in his residence in Bahrain today.
"I'd just ask that everybody keep the Stearney family in their thoughts and prayers as they move through this and also maybe to respect their privacy as they navigate these very, very difficult waters," he added.
Richardson said the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Bahraini Ministry of Interior are cooperating in the investigation. He added that he was unaware of any investigations into Stearney.
The US Navy's Bahrain-based Naval Forces Central Command, which the Fifth Fleet is part of, oversees operations in areas like the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The command is seen as critical to US security interests given the challenges of Iran and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, both of which the US sees as potential threats to shipping in the region.
A tremendous amount of commercial shipping, including large amounts of oil and gas, travels through the waters overseen by Fifth Fleet.
The deputy commander of the Fifth Fleet, Rear Adm. Paul Schlise, has assumed acting command, Richardson said, adding that the Navy's "operations and responsibilities" in the region will continue uninterrupted.
Richardson announced that Vice Adm. Jim Malloy, the deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy, will fly out to the region Saturday to take interim command until a permanent successor is chosen, a clear signal as to how critical the Navy views the region.
Stearney, a native of Chicago, graduated from Notre Dame in 1982 before being commissioned as an officer in the Navy and later served as an F/A-18 strike fighter pilot.
Prior to taking command of Fifth Fleet in May, he held several senior posts, including commanding a carrier strike group and serving as director of operations for US Central Command. ...