Naval Station Norfolk, VA

Posted on Sep 12, 2019

His Suicide Note Was a Message to the Navy. The Way He Died Was the Exclamation Point

Lt Col Charlie Brown

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I had not heard about this.This is a terrible story. I am disgusted by the leadership response here. There was no reason for this young man to die.

His Suicide Note Was a Message to the Navy. The Way He Died Was the Exclamation Point

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Naval Station Norfolk

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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth

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Agreed. This similar thing happened to me in Recuriting. After investigating and reviewing the findings, I found that one of my flight chiefs was very hostile to his Airmen. I relived him of his duty as a flight chief and brought him back to the Sq where he didn't supervise anyone. Eventually, he recovered and became a flight chief again and last I heard he was doing better. He just had to be counseled and mentored more versus just being thrown back into a leadership role. These clowns in this report just blew it offf and got someone killed.

Maj Marty Hogan
Lt Col Charlie Brown
1stSgt Glenn Brackin
Cpl Craig Morton
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
LTC Stephen C.
CPL Dave Hoover
PO3 Bob McCord
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Sgt Wayne Wood
PVT James Strait
SFC Jack Champion
MSgt David Hoffman
MSgt Stephen Council
SGT Elizabeth Scheck
PO1 H Gene Lawrence
SPC Jon O.
TSgt Joe C.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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Thank you for sharing this sir

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Great story, and outcome.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Thank you Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth Recruiting is incredibly stressful and everyone of the recruiters and flight chiefs need to be seen by the CC at least quarterly and given an opportunity to speak privately. We saved two people that way

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