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US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman at Naval Station Norfolk, February 26, 2013.
US Navy/PO2 Mark Martinez
Cmdr. Frank Azzarello, commanding officer of guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman, was relieved just days ahead of a scheduled change-of-command ceremony.
The Navy says the removal was because of a "loss of confidence in his ability to command," but Azzarello's lawyer says the service sacked the commander over his plan to turn a rusty AK-47 assault rifle into a plaque to celebrate an Arabian Sea weapons seizure.