{"id":11675,"date":"2021-02-10T03:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T03:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/10\/navy-leaders-address-2-racist-incidents-on-west-coast\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:37:32","slug":"navy-leaders-address-2-racist-incidents-on-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/02\/10\/navy-leaders-address-2-racist-incidents-on-west-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy officials address 2 racist incidents on West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Senior U.S. Navy commanders met with sailors on ships on the West Coast Monday and Tuesday, after two recent racist incidents triggered one of the first military stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meetings came after a noose was found on one ship, and hate speech was found written on a wall on another ship. But the discussions with sailors and admonishments by leadership were spurred by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u2019s recent orders for all military commanders to meet with troops in the next 60 days to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/02\/03\/defense-secretary-orders-60-day-stand-down-to-confront-extremism-in-the-military\/\" target=_blank>talk about extremism and racism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/02\/03\/defense-secretary-orders-60-day-stand-down-to-confront-extremism-in-the-military\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95.webp_-3.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Defense secretary orders 60-day stand-down to confront extremism in the military<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Guidance is forthcoming on what Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expects to see out of the stand-down.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cannot be under any illusions that extremist behaviors do not exist in our Navy,\u201d Adm. Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, said in a message to the force. \u201cWe must better understand the scope of the problem, get after this issue, and eliminate conduct that is driven by extremist beliefs. No doubt, this is a leadership issue. We will own this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noting the two incidents where \u201csymbols of hate and violence\u201d were found on ships, he warned that racism, disrespect and injustice can prevent the Navy from reaching its potential as an American fighting force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy officials said that in the first incident, a noose was found on a Black sailor\u2019s bunk in late January on the USS Lake Champlain, a Navy cruiser. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service looked into the matter, and a sailor eventually confessed and was taken off the ship. The ship was at the pier in San Diego when the incident happened, but it is now at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second incident, hate speech was written on a bathroom wall on the USS Carl Vinson, an aircraft carrier. It was discovered over the weekend and it is still under investigation. Officials declined to say what words were written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/03\/adm-john-aquilino-tapped-to-be-next-leader-of-us-indo-pacific-command\/\" target=_blank>Adm. John Aquilino<\/a>, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, abruptly flew from his headquarters in Hawaii to San Diego this week to address the issue. He spoke with sailors on the two ships as well as others in the fleet, and held a number of meetings with commanders Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a video addressing a room full of crew members of the Carl Vinson, Aquilino said: \u201cExtremism in our Navy is unacceptable. We will not tolerate it. OK? It\u2019s that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1198\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21040859563435.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Fleet Master Chief Jim Honea addresses sailors assigned to Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on Feb. 8, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-26846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21040859563435.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21040859563435.jpg.jpg?resize=300,180 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21040859563435.jpg.jpg?resize=768,460 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21040859563435.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,613 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21040859563435.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,920 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fleet Master Chief Jim Honea addresses sailors assigned to Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier Carl Vinson during a February 2021 extremism stand-down. (MC3 Erin C. Zorich\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told the sailors that when missiles start flying and \u201cwe start dropping bombs on people, nobody\u2019s going to care who their shipmate is and what color, race, gender, creed that they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, he added, \u201cI have policies in the Pacific Fleet that we do not care what race you are, what creed you are, what god you pray to, what sexual orientation you are, or what gender you are.\u201d And he told them that sailors deserve a safe place to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/01\/22\/austin-confirmed-as-new-defense-secretary-in-historic-vote\/\" target=_blank>the Pentagon\u2019s first Black defense chief<\/a>, put out orders last week to his military leaders, saying they have to spend time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/02\/09\/secdef-stand-down-on-extremism-not-meant-to-be-panacea-says-pentagon-spokesman\/\" target=_blank>talking to their troops about extremism in the ranks<\/a>. Over the weekend, he specified that each commander must set aside a one-day stand-down within the next 60 days to address the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/12\/top-military-leaders-issue-warning-to-troops-after-capitol-insurrection\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cropped-flex-cuffs.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Top military leaders issue warning to troops after deadly Capitol insurrection<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Joint Chiefs reiterated their oath to the Constitution and condemned the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin\u2019s chief spokesman, John Kirby, told reporters last week that while extremism has been a problem in the military in the past, the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which left five people dead, was a \u201cwake-up call\u201d for military leaders. He said Austin wants to get a better handle on the breadth of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden declared domestic extremism an urgent national security threat in the wake of the riot. The crowd that breached the building as lawmakers were preparing to certify his election was overwhelmingly white and included members of far-right groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USNavyCNO\/status\/1359286422688182279\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/USNavyCNO\/status\/1359286422688182279<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meetings came after a noose was found on one ship, and hate speech was found written on a wall on another ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":65,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news","left-column","home","disaster"],"primary_category":"your-military"}}},"categories":[101,22,23,88,12,26,65],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1354],"class_list":["post-11675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-disaster","category-home","category-left-column","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-navy"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"KU4C4KZDVJBLBEGOARDANA3LR4","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/02\/10\/navy-leaders-address-2-racist-incidents-on-west-coast\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Navy officials address 2 racist incidents on West Coast - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The meetings came after a noose was found on one ship, and hate speech was found written on a wall on another ship.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Navy officials address 2 racist incidents on West Coast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The meetings came after a noose was found on one ship, and hate speech was found written on a wall on another ship.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/02\/10\/navy-leaders-address-2-racist-incidents-on-west-coast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T03:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:37:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lolita C. 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