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Lifelong sailor no more: Ex-USS Sioux City commander Bradford Tonder was booted from the ship that he skippered for a little over a year after a sexual harassment claim against him was validated
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Navy ship that once intercepted $20 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean was relieved of duty because of 'substantiated sexual harassment.'
Self-described life-long sailor Commander Bradford Tonder, 49, who took command of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City in December 2020, was removed from the ship on Friday.
An official Navy source told USNI News that the sex animal pest management services claims were validated.
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Amy Graham, commodore of Surface Division 21 stripped Tonder of his duties to due to a 'loss of confidence in his ability to perform his duties,' according to an statement from the Navy.
Details of the harassment were not available. 
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A graduate of the storied Citadel military college with a post-graduate degree from Cornell  University, Tonder worked his way up through the ranks from a submarine machinist mate to a commander, according to his LinkedIn profile.
 He spent a year and a half as the executive officer of the Sioux City, before taking the helm in 2020.
Former Commander Bradford Tonder was transferred off the the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City on Friday after a sexual harassment claim against him was substantiated 
Ex-Commander Bradford Tonder, seen here holding the microphone, skippered the USS Sioux City as it intercepted a $20 million drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.

He was relieved of duties after the Navy lost confidence in his ability to command the ship after a sexual harassment claim
In September 2021, as part of a drug interdiction program in the Caribbean Sea, sailors on the Sioux City intercepted a drug boat off the coast of the Dominican Republic carrying more than half a ton of cocaine.
'Any time we can prevent this stuff from getting to our communities and affecting our families makes these experiences more rewarding.

We want to be out here executing these missions,' Tonder said in an official Navy press release.
Commander Joseph Caldwell will take control of the ship while Tonder will be temporarily assigned to Naval Surface Squadron.
He could not be reached for comment. 

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