Swordsmyth
06-07-2018, 09:06 PM
The commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan, has been relieved from his post over a "loss of trust and confidence in his ability to lead his command," an official statement said without elaborating.
Col. Mark Coppess was fired Tuesday from his job as commander of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, by Marine Corps Installations Pacific chief Brig. Gen. Paul Rock, a III Marine Expeditionary Force statement said. https://t.co/LzCncYrpr0 pic.twitter.com/2cCshzfyuq (https://t.co/2cCshzfyuq)
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) June 6, 2018 (https://twitter.com/starsandstripes/status/1004184097307029505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Col. Mark Coppess was fired on Tuesday by Marine Corps Installations Pacific chief Brig. Gen. Paul Rock, according to a III Marine Expeditionary Force statement quoted by Stars and Stripes. (https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/futenma-commander-ousted-due-to-loss-of-trust-and-confidence-in-ability-to-lead-1.531278)
A biography of Coppess on a Marine Corps website has been removed.
According to The Japan Times: (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/06/national/u-s-marine-commander-futenma-base-fired-loss-trust-confidence/#.WxebLCXwbcs)"There was no immediate comment or further detail from the [Marines] on why Coppess had been dismissed, but a U.S. defense official said it had nothing to do with a string of accidents that have plagued military aircraft in Japan."
More at: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/06/617424661/commander-at-u-s-marine-air-base-in-okinawa-fired-for-loss-of-trust-and-confiden
Col. Mark Coppess was fired Tuesday from his job as commander of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, by Marine Corps Installations Pacific chief Brig. Gen. Paul Rock, a III Marine Expeditionary Force statement said. https://t.co/LzCncYrpr0 pic.twitter.com/2cCshzfyuq (https://t.co/2cCshzfyuq)
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) June 6, 2018 (https://twitter.com/starsandstripes/status/1004184097307029505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Col. Mark Coppess was fired on Tuesday by Marine Corps Installations Pacific chief Brig. Gen. Paul Rock, according to a III Marine Expeditionary Force statement quoted by Stars and Stripes. (https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/futenma-commander-ousted-due-to-loss-of-trust-and-confidence-in-ability-to-lead-1.531278)
A biography of Coppess on a Marine Corps website has been removed.
According to The Japan Times: (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/06/national/u-s-marine-commander-futenma-base-fired-loss-trust-confidence/#.WxebLCXwbcs)"There was no immediate comment or further detail from the [Marines] on why Coppess had been dismissed, but a U.S. defense official said it had nothing to do with a string of accidents that have plagued military aircraft in Japan."
More at: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/06/617424661/commander-at-u-s-marine-air-base-in-okinawa-fired-for-loss-of-trust-and-confiden