MALS-36 Commander Relieved of Command Duties
On Nov. 26 1st Marine Aircraft Wing announced Maj. Gen. Marcus B. Annibale relieved Lt. Col. Calischaran G. James of his duties as commanding officer of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36 (MALS-36) at Camp Foster, Okinawa.
The official press release stated the action was taken “due to loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command” and emphasized commanders “are held to the highest standards of conduct and must consistently live above reproach.” Lt. Col. Ryan T. Iden assumed duties as interim commanding officer “until the incoming commander arrives.”
Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 36 provides the “1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 36 squadrons with task-organized, worldwide deployable aviation logistics material and personnel.”
When the Marine Corps announced that Lt. Col. Calischaran G. James had been relieved “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command,” it used the same formal language appearing in other verified relief-for-cause decisions across the service. In 2020, Marine Forces Europe and Africa announced Maj. Gen. Stephen Neary had been relieved “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to serve in command,” which the command published in its official statement.
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Another purge casualty?
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Or Pusan, or a lot of OCONUS bases.
We have a serious problem with young drunk sailors, Marines, soldiers and airmen who think what they saw on TV, Movies, or in comic books/Manga and soft-core magazines about "asian culture" is accurate. And it's perfectly okay to harass and injure locals (generally smaller than the American)or do property damage in a foreign country. And the US dependents of senior enlisted or officers - 
No matter how much training you give young people or dependents, too many of them inevitably become ugly Americans and need to be sent back to the US or spend years in a local jail.
So yeah, it's really easy to get rid of a high level Commander -a Bird or Star - for political expediency when they're posted in a foreign country, where in the US, there might be questions
