The Navy fires number 18: It's a good thing his crew weren't better shots

The Navy fired
the commander of the USS the
Sullivans after his ship fired on a fishing boat. They were doing a
gunnery exercise off the coast of North Carolina last month and mistook the
civilian vessel for a towed gunnery target. Luckily they missed.

The Navy now has passed
last year's total of 17 fired COs.

(HT to RD)