The command master chief of USS Stout (DDG 55) was relieved of his duties Oct. 3.
Command Master Chief (SW/FMF/MCD/FPJ) Albert Marcucci was relieved of his duties by USS Stout (DDG 55) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Andrew Fitzpatrick following non-judicial punishment proceedings.
Marcucci, began serving as Stout’s command master chief in May 2013, has been temporarily assigned to the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. Command Master Chief (SW/AW) Ron Glass has been assigned as the Command Master Chief of Stout as the permanent relief.
Stout, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, recently returned April 4, 2014 from an eight-month deployment to the 6th Fleet area of operations.
[mappress] Press Release, October 06, 2014; Image: US Navy