Navy Captain and XO Ousted for Unduliness

(San Diego, California) A U.S. Navy male captain and female executive officer of an 80-person mine countermeasures crew named Constant have been fired.

Lt. Cmdr. James Rushton and his second-in-command, Lt. Cmdr. Anne Laird, were relieved of duty for what the Navy is calling an “unduly familiar relationship” with each other.

Duly noted.