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| Goatgate Scandal Rocks Navy Cruiser |
| 2015-05-17 |
| On April 27, 2015 the Navy announced it had relieved USS Lake Erie Capt. John Banigan of his command pending investigation into a "poor command climate" aboard the ship. Banigan first took control of guided missile cruiser Lake Erie in 2011 after a long career aboard other vessels. He served two years, just long enough to arouse the suspicions of Navy investigators back home in San Diego. When the investigators began to look into Banigan, they discovered the goat. The creature in question is Master Chief Charlie, a pygmy goat. Press surrounding the beast has called Charlie the Lake Erie's "unofficial mascot." ... The trouble started when Banigan decided to bring the goat along when the Lake Erie made a trip from Hawaii to San Diego. California has a lot of laws surrounding the transport of animals. According to state law, a vet must examine incoming goats, then tag the creature and issue its owner a permit. Banigan didn't do this. His pet negligence may have cost him his command. It has, at the very least, deprived Lake Erie of its goat. |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #6 To your bunk Ed. :-( |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-05-17 12:37 |
| #5 I'm guessing they kept him in the 'Goat Locker'. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-05-17 11:19 |
| #4 LOL Frank; but hard on my keyboard. I hate cleaning coffee off the keys and screen. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-05-17 09:22 |
| #3 should've brought something safe, like an illegal alien |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-05-17 08:56 |
| #2 California has a lot of laws surrounding the transport of animals. According to state law, a vet must examine incoming goats, then tag the creature and issue its owner a permit. The US has a lot of laws covering the crossing of its national borders for health and safety reasons too. The CinC has chosen to ignore those as well. Why hasn't he been relieved? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-17 06:57 |
| #1 Wunderbar. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-17 02:06 |