The Navy has dropped criminal charges against a chief who was facing allegations that her ship security team deployed without magazines for their firearms in September 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The charges against Chief Master at Arms Nicolasa R. Simmons, of the San Diego-based Coastal Riverine Squadron 3<\/a>, were dismissed early last month, according to Lt. Cmdr. Amber Lewis, a spokeswoman for the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command<\/a>. The allegations stem from when she led an embarked security team aboard the fast transport Carson City<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After Capt. Allen Adkins took over as commodore of the squadron\u2019s parent command, Coastal Riverine Group 1<\/a>, in June, the charges were dropped, Lewis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCommodore, Coastal Riverine Group 1, reviewed the evidence, the rules for courts-martial, and consulted with the staff judge advocate and the trial counsel, prior to dismissing this case,\u201d Lewis said in an email. \u201cThe Commodore will determine if any further action is taken administratively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lewis added that the command does \u201cnot comment on administrative actions due to privacy concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t