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The commanding officer, executive officer and senior non-commissioned officer of the USS Fitzgerald have been "being detached for cause," meaning that the Navy "has lost trust and confidence in their ability to lead," amid the fallout surrounding the deadly collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a cargo ship off the coast of Japan on June 17.
"We've lost trust and confidence in their ability to lead in those positions and they will not return to the ship," Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Moran told reporters at the Pentagon late Thursday. The 7th Fleet also said several junior officers were relieved of duty.

The Fitzgerald's commanding officer, Cdr. Bryce Benson, and the executive officer, Cdr. Sean Babbit, were both sleeping, and the master chief petty officer, Brice Baldwin, were not on the bridge at the time of the collision, according to the Navy. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/politics/uss-fitzgerald-leadership-removed/index.html

The service members, whose bodies were found in flooded berthing compartments, on Thursday were posthumously promoted.
The Navy announced the following promotions Wednesday:

• Dakota Kyle Rigsby, 19, of Palmyra, Va., was posthumously advanced to petty officer third class.
• Shingo Alexander Douglass, 25, of San Diego, Calif., was posthumously advanced to petty officer second class.
• Ngoc T. Truong Huynh, 25, from Oakville, Conn., was posthumously advanced to petty officer second class.
• Noe Hernandez, 26, of Weslaco, Texas, was posthumously advanced to petty officer first class.
• Carlos Victor Ganzon Sibayan, 23, of Chula Vista, Calif., was posthumously advanced to petty officer first class.
• Xavier Alec Martin, 24, of Halethorpe, Md., was posthumously advanced to chief petty officer.
• Gary Leo Rehm Jr., 37, of Elyria, Ohio, was posthumously advanced to chief petty officer.