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Navy Fires San Diego Commodore Over Alleged Improper Relationship

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published April 25, 2011 at 5:25 PM PDT

This story was published more than 14 years ago.

The Navy has fired Capt. Donald Hornbeck, commodore of San Diego-based Destroyer Squadron 1 (part of the USS Carl Vinson strike group) while it investigates an alleged inappropriate relationship – according to a news release from the Navy. The firing happened Saturday while the Vinson Strike Group was deployed in the Arabian Sea. The Navy has reassigned Hornbeck to Third Fleet Headquarters in San Diego while it completes its investigation. (Read more)

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