Capt. John “J.R.” Nettleton, the commander of the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, has been removed from the remote outpost and reassigned to headquarters, the Navy announced Wednesday, but it declined to elaborate because of an ongoing Naval Criminal Investigative Services probe. The announcement follows a mysterious death on the base being investigated by NCIS. A commissary worker named Christopher Tur, 42, was found dead in the waters of Guantanamo Bay at about 11:30 a.m. Jan. 10, Mike Andrews, a Navy Region Southeast spokesman, told the Miami Herald on Jan. 15. He had been reported missing a day earlier. The Associated Press reported Wednesday evening, citing U.S. officials, that Nettleton is under investigation in connection with an alleged affair with Turs wife. Read more: stripes/news/navy/guant%C3%A1namo-base-commander-relieved-of-duty-1.325019
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:10:49 +0000
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