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Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
❗️US Navy quietly relieves commander of destroyer deployed for Iran war and naval blockade
The US Navy quietly removed Commander Caitlin Cunningham from her post as commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy while the warship was deployed to the region for operations against Iran and the ongoing naval blockade, USNI News reports.
A Navy spokesperson confirmed to the outlet that Cunningham was relieved of command on 27 September due to a “loss of confidence,” declining to provide further details regarding the circumstances of her dismissal.
The removal came less than a year into her tenure leading the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The USS Michael Murphy originally deployed from Pearl Harbor on 1 December 2025 as part of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, operating in the Indo-Pacific before being dispatched to West Asia to enforce the naval blockade and participate in Washington’s war on Iran.
While the Abraham Lincoln and its other escorts departed the region in August, the destroyer remained on station until mid-October, completing 12 contested transits of the Strait of Hormuz before sailing to the Philippines and Guam. The vessel is scheduled to return to its home port in Hawaii this week after an extended 346-day deployment.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/70943