Our standards are extraordinarily high

“The proximate cause for my relieving him was based on a statement he made ... considered to be false. I reviewed the materials and lost confidence in his ability to serve in the position of the director of the Navy Staff. And I would add that [for] the flag officers that we have serving today — and I would, by extension, include our senior executive civilians — our standards are extraordinarily high, and they live up to that day in, day out.”

Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations explaining why he fired VADM John Stufflebeem, Director of the Navy Staff