new developments in the eddie gallagher case blasting president trump saying the commander in chief has no understanding of what it means to be in the military. i was fired as navy secretary. here s what i ve learned because of it. happy thanksgiving. they ve now fired secretary of the navy richard spencer. he writes about president trump s intervention calling it an shocking and unprecedented intervention. it s also a reminder that the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically, or to be governed by uniformed set of rules and practices.