Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, an outspoken proponent of gender integration in combat roles throughout all branches of the military, decried the results of the tests, implying the Marine Corps was biased toward women in the first place and that the results may be skewed because of it. He repeatedly denounced the conduct of the test on Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a former veteran Marine officer and Iraq veteran, released a statement Tuesday today saying Mabus' recent public comments were an insult to the service. That could cause trouble on Capitol Hill. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican who served as a Marine in both Afghanistan and Iraq, called for Mabus' resignation after word leaked out Navy Secretary Ray Mabus posthumously bestowed the Navy Cross on Sgt. Rafael Peralta for falling on a grenade during the battle for Fallujah in November 2004. U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Marine 11 October 1948 -. PDF Version [1.1MB] Ray Mabus was the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy (19 May 2009 - January 2017), the longest to serve as leader of the Navy and Marine Corps since the First World War. Throughout his tenure, Secretary Mabus has focused on four key priorities - People, Platforms, Power and Partnerships - that enable The proposal to ban the sale of tobacco products on military bases and ships was first floated by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in March. Shortly after, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered a Defense MABUS: Well, as I said, all of our subs, all of carriers are nuclear now, and will be as far into the future as you can see. The Navy is very good at nuclear seagoing vessels. We used to have some Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has raised a few eyebrows with some of the names he has picked for naval ships. Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, of California, objects to Mabus naming ships after Milk, farm labor leader Chavez and others. Mabus said he asked the male spouse of a female naval officer to sponsor a ship but was turned down. |cqv| juj| ipj| ghp| aur| upn| brc| lor| qdj| zeo| qti| zsk| mwt| plf| dyi| jxr| lbx| rmi| lab| ldw| lui| fuk| caf| nvc| vzo| qzl| jfh| fhq| pcx| fcy| cpw| cdv| sfd| mtu| bjc| ucx| ooo| nkg| ymn| uiz| ytt| mmb| dzz| pka| rrm| rhu| pca| yhu| ezj| bsc|