Tijuana Escorts: Commanding Officer of USS Peleliu, Fired
Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Chris Servello said he cannot provide any more details about the firing because of privacy concerns. He also declined to say how many crew members were involved.
Servello said Schnell had left the ship and was in the Middle East and would be traveling back to San Diego, where he would work in a Naval office doing administrative work.
Schnell could not be reached for comment. The Navy said it doesn’t provide the media with e-mails or telephone numbers for service members.
Schnell was replaced by Capt. Mark E. Cedrun, who will continue the ship’s Pakistan mission.
The Navy removed seven commanding officers between Jan. 1 and March 15, 2010. Seventeen commanders were relieved in 2009.
Reasons for the firings have ranged from public alcohol abuse and prostitute solicitation to running a ship into a pier.







