Its was commissioned back in 1987 and served faithfully for 28 years. On May 2, 2021, Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Cale Foy lived up to the Navy rescue swimmer creed: "so that others may live." “Acknowledging a positive trend requires you to acknowledge you’re coming from somewhere negative." Cmdr. Peter Lesaca was relieved Tuesday, the fourth CO to be fired in the past week. The June 1 incident at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, occurred as the sailor was maintaining a Lightning II assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 97. Capt. Jeffry Sandin's ouster Saturday was at least the third Navy CO firing in a week. There have been at least three crashes involving Navy and Marine Corps aircraft in the past 10 days. Capt. Judd Krier took almost his entire crew of 700 shipmates to the movie last month. Cmdr. Matthew McCormick had led Electronic Attack Squadron 137 since September. Midshipman 1st Class Taylor Connors was as prior-enlisted Marine who arrived in Annapolis in 2019. Load More