Sub CO latest casualty in series of skipper firings

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The skipper of the fast-attack submarine Helena was relieved of command Wednesday for “loss of confidence,” a Navy spokeswoman said, the most recent firing in what has become a rash of commanding officer-level dismissals for “administrative” reasons.</p>

<p>Cmdr. William A. Schwalm was relieved of command of Helena by his boss, Capt. Paul N. Jaenichen, commodore of Submarine Squadron 11, said Lt. Alli Myrick, a squadron spokeswoman at Point Loma Naval Base in San Diego…

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