The commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan has been censured for "poor judgment and a failure of leadership" after a foreign ports contractor was found to have wined and dined senior officers to secure business.
A letter of censure from U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Tuesday said Rear Adm. Terry Kraft and two other admirals "improperly" accepted unspecified gifts from Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd. in 2006 and 2007, a period when Kraft commanded the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
All three officers have submitted requests to retire, but on Wednesday Kraft was still in Japan, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy in Washington told The Japan Times.