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Transcribe BuShips Directive 2510-04 verbatim (received via email; never posted to forums — provenance noted); CoC HMS Medusa, Garcia returns as CO

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{{Order info|date=18 October 2025|status=Active|subject=Change of Command and Appointment of Command Staff, HMS Medusa (SD-316)}}
'''BuShips Directive 2510-04''' was issued on 18 October 2025 under the authority of the [[Third Space Lord]]. This directive records a change of command for {{hms|Medusa|SD-316|hcn}}, appointing [[Captain (SG)|CAPT(SG)]] Michael Garcia as Commanding Officer and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|Senior Chief Helmsman]] David O'Shea as Bosun.

==Order Text==
{{Order_Header
| addressees = ADM Michael Garcia, RMN 1793-14, [[RMN]]
| authority = RADM Drakkus Heath, Deputy [[Third Space Lord]]
| subject = Change of Command and Appointment of Command Staff, HMS Medusa (SD-316) (BuShips Directive 2510-04)
}}

Admiral of the Red Garcia

You are hereby directed and required to proceed aboard {{hms|Medusa|SD-316|hcn}}, there to take upon yourself the duties and responsibilities of Commanding Officer, relieving Captain Junior Grade Timber Lupindo, RMN 5405-18, RMN in service to the Crown. Fail not in this charge at your peril.

The following personnel have been assigned to your command, and are hereby directed and required to proceed aboard HMS Medusa (SD-316), there to take upon themselves the duties and responsibilities below:

Senior Chief Helmsman David O'Shea, RMN 2539-14, RMN, is assigned as Bosun, relieving Senior Master Chief Petty Officer Robert Toland, RMN 6079-19, RMN, in service to the Crown.

Based upon the requirements of the service for your new billet, you are hereby voluntarily reduced in rank to Captain Senior Grade (O6-B) RMN.

The above directive is effective on this date: 18 October 2025

The Bureau of Ships wishes to express appreciation and thanks to CAPTJG Lupindo for their service as Commanding Officer of HMS Medusa (SD-316), and SMCPO Toland for their service as Bosun of HMS Medusa (SD-316) and wish them both all success in their future endeavors.

In service to Her Majesty, The Sovereign Queen of The Star Kingdom of Manticore, Elizabeth III

{{Order_Sig
| sig_1 = Drakkus Heath, [[KDE]], [[SC]], [[OG]], [[CGM]], [[OCN]]
| sig_2 = [[Rear Admiral|Rear Admiral of the Green]] - [[RMN]]
| sig_3 = [[Bureau of Ships]] - Deputy [[Third Space Lord]]
}}

''By Direction Of:''

Justin Dupras, [[KSK]], [[GCE]], [[SC]], [[OG]], [[DSO]]<br/>
[[Vice Admiral]] - RMACS<br/>
[[Bureau of Ships]] - [[Third Space Lord]]<br/>
[[Baron]] [[New Phoenicia]]

==Provenance==
This directive was distributed by the [[Bureau of Ships]] via email on 26 October 2025 and, as of transcription, had '''not''' been posted to the [https://forums.trmn.org TRMN Forums] — unusually, as the Forums are normally the official source of record. It is reproduced here verbatim from the email of record.

[[Category: BuShips Directives]]
[[Category: 2025]]

Orders:BuShips Directive 2510-04 - Revision history

MDGarcia: MDGarcia moved page BuShips Directive 2510-04 to Orders:BuShips Directive 2510-04 without leaving a redirect: Migrate command paperwork into the Orders namespace

MDGarcia: Transcribe BuShips Directive 2510-04 verbatim (received via email; never posted to forums — provenance noted); CoC HMS Medusa, Garcia returns as CO