US Navy Fires Top Officers at Ship Repair Facility in Japan

The repair facility in Japan provides intermediate-level and depot-level repair for Navy ships and the 7th Fleet, according to the Navy.

U.S. Navy sailors welcome the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as it arrives at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, a suburb of Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2015. Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty Images

The two top officers of a U.S. Navy ship repair and maintenance facility in Yokosuka, Japan, were relieved of duty on Oct. 20, according to the Navy.

Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela and Cmdr. Art Palalay were relieved of their respective duties as commanding officer and executive officer due to “a loss of confidence in their ability to command,” the Navy said in a statement, without elaborating.