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2024-10-29 Government Corruption
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Coast Guard suspends two top leaders at its base in San Diego
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[UTSD] WTF is going on?
The agency did not specify why Capt. James Spitler and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Dioquino were relieved of duty
With little explanation, the Coast Guard has suspended two of the highest-ranking officers at its base in San Diego, which is among the agency’s largest operations on the West Coast.
Capt. James Spitler and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Dioquino were temporarily relieved of duty, Rear Adm. Joseph Buzzella said in a statement.
"The Coast Guard cannot accomplish our missions without the respect and trust of each member," Buzzella said. "A safe and professional environment for each member is crucial to the success of our service and we will not tolerate behavior that goes against our core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty."
The announcement was made Friday.
Spitler has been serving as commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector San Diego, and Dioquino has been the command’s senior enlisted officer.
The Coast Guard would typically relieve someone of duty if they were the subject of an investigation.
Sector San Diego is responsible for patrolling 120 miles of coastline and 750 miles of the Colorado River, as well as the U.S.-Mexico southwest maritime border, the agency says.
Each year, the agency says the sector saves about 150 lives, participates in roughly 250 search and rescue cases, apprehends about 1,200 people crossing the border illegally and performs safety inspections on more than 600 domestic vehicles.
The Coast Guard temporarily relieved the commander and top senior enlisted leader at Coast Guard Sector San Diego as it investigates allegations of a toxic work environment in the unit.
Lt. SondraKay Kneen, the district's public affairs officer, said Monday the service had received reports of unfair treatment by Spitler from personnel at the unit and of "actions against staff" that were "unfair and inappropriate" and "interfered with work performance or created an unwelcome work environment."
Dioquino is not being investigated, but he was relieved due to loss of confidence in his ability to fulfill his responsibilities as the command's senior enlisted leader, she said.
The reliefs are the fifth and sixth of high-profile Coast Guard leaders since April. In June, Cmdr. David Ruhlig, Coast Guard Station New York's commanding officer, was relieved for "loss of confidence" after leading the unit for three years.
In April, Navy Capt. Daniel Mode, chaplain of the Coast Guard, was relieved for failing to take action when he became aware of sexual misconduct by another chaplain that had taken place before the other chaplain joined the Navy and served in the Coast Guard.
In May, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Timothy Beard was relieved for inappropriate conduct.
And in late May, Navy Cmdr. Cristiano DeSousa, a Presbyterian chaplain, was relieved as chaplain of the 7th District for what a Coast Guard official described as "poor judgment and performance constituting a breach of trust with the workforce." 
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