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   The commanding officer of the USS Lake Erie, Capt. Danielle DeFant, was   
   fired on October 12 due to "a loss of confidence in her ability to   
   command."   
      
   DeFant — who is a 'mustang,' or naval officer who began her career as an   
   enlisted sailor — was in command of the Lake Erie, a Ticonderoga-class   
   guided-missile cruiser, after several years of shore duty. She commanded   
   the USS Paul Hamilton from March 2016 to December 2017 and had been   
   assigned to various shore duty positions since, including in the office of   
   the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy’s Global Force Management before   
   returning to the Lake Erie.   
      
   A Navy press release said Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, commander,   
   Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Nine relieved DeFant "due to a loss of   
   confidence in her ability to command," a boilerplate description the Navy   
   commonly uses when a senior leader is fired.   
      
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   Capt. Brandon Burkett will assume the duties as commanding officer until a   
   permanent relief arrives, the Navy said.   
      
   "Navy commanding officers are held to high standards of personal and   
   professional conduct. They are expected to uphold the highest standards of   
   responsibility, reliability and leadership, and the Navy holds them   
   accountable when they fall short of those standards," the Navy release   
   said.   
   According to an online biography, DeFant completed enlisted tours onboard   
   the USS Hunley and Shenandoah in the mid-1990s. She commissioned in May   
   1999 after graduating from Old Dominion University in Virginia.   
      
   https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-fires-captain-of-guided-missile-   
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