Thursday, January 04, 2018

Something is very wrong with the US Navy

Something is very wrong with the US Navy:
"Recently, a sailor on the cruiser Shiloh started to behave erratically.  
He claimed he had the ability to shoot fireballs from his hands and that he had traveled into outer space.  
Despite his obvious insanity, no action was taken.  
The sailor, named Peter Mims, then hid aboard his ship, and no one was able to find him for a week.
Peter Mims was a troubled sailor who wanted out of the Navy.
He had financial problems, his marriage had fallen apart[,] and his chain of command was riding him about qualifications.  He'd sought mental health counseling, but was not treated when he needed it most.
Or discharged from the Navy when he needed to be.
Before he disappeared from the cruiser Shiloh on June 8, Mims was known for making crazy[] yet[] sincere claims.  Shipmates recalled him saying he had been to space, and that he could shoot fireballs out of his hands.
Mims ... told the ship's command master chief that he believed another sailor "had a poisoning scheme against him that involved injecting him with a needle," the investigation states.
Why wasn't he relieved of duty and locked up?
He had gone missing during watch as recently as June 5, a few days before he went hiding.  [Captain] Aycock and the command master chief ... thought Mims was tired "but not a danger to himself or others," according to the investigation.
Incredible.
The command counseled him in 2015 for being late on qualifications.  Yet that same year, he was listed as "must promote" in his annual evaluation.
"His enthusiasm and motivation are contagious!" a supervisor wrote on his eval.  "A rock-solid performer with unlimited potential!"
How could an evaluation miss his obvious mental illness?..."
Read on!

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