USCG chopper pilot removed from promotion list

 


AP (JUNEAU) – The sole survivor of a deadly 2010 Coast Guard helicopter crash has been removed from the promotion list, a decision his attorney said could end Lt. Lance Leone’s military career.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last week agreed with the findings of a special board in removing Leone from the list.

Leone attorney John Smith told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Leone would try to get on the list again this summer and appeal a derogatory report in his personnel file cited as a factor in the decision to remove Leone from the list during the last go-rou...



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