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Posted: Friday, March 19th, 2010 11:10 AM HST

Navy ROTC cadets called for help with commander

By Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) — The submarine officer who was relieved of his command of the Pearl Harbor-based USS Chicago this week had been out drinking with Navy ROTC cadets at Cornell University. The U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force said Tuesday that Cmdr. Jeff Cima was found guilty of drunkenness and conduct unbecoming an officer. The commanding officer of Cornell's NROTC unit, Capt. Larry Olsen, told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin that Cima went drinking with cadets March 10 after visiting the Ithaca, N.Y., campus to talk about the nuclear power program. Olsen says Cima had "way too much to drink," and as midnight approached the cadets called Olsen's staff, who intervened. Olsen says the cadets "did the right thing." He described the incident as "a very unfortunate event." (Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved)