Marine Maj. Scott Laux, 37, has been removed from the Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, and officials have offered almost no explanation for the decision beyond a vague statement that he failed “to uphold the standards expected of members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron.”
Laux’s absence first became apparent when he did not fly in the Nov. 6 homecoming air show at Naval Air Station Pensacola, an event marking the base’s 200th anniversary. The Blue Angels performed with five jets instead of their usual six. Observers later noticed that Laux’s photo and biography had been removed from the squadron’s official website.
A Naval Air Forces representative confirmed the removal on Monday in a brief statement: “Blue Angel #6 was removed from the team for failing to uphold the standards expected of members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron.” The Navy has not elaborated further on what specific conduct prompted the action.
Adding to the confusion, Blue Angels public affairs officer Danielle Cribb — whom Laux had publicly credited as a mentor — had also been dropped from the team and scrubbed from its website. A source told the New York Post that Cribb’s removal was unrelated to Laux’s, saying she “was removed prior to and separate from Maj. [Scott] Laux.” Family members of Cribb likewise denied any connection between the two departures.
Laux was seen in public for the first time since the news broke, spending time at his home in Pensacola, Florida, with his wife, Lisa Laux, 36. He was also spotted earlier the same day picking up food at a nearby Popeyes. An eyewitness described him as subdued: “Scott cut a lonely figure in Popeyes, checking his phone while eating on his own. He seemed to be in a pensive mood, like he had a lot on his mind.”
A Decorated Career
Laux, a native of Chantilly, Virginia, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2012 with a degree in Chinese before completing Marine officer and flight training. He married Lisa, whom he met at the Academy, in 2013; she served aboard the USS Wyoming, one of the Navy’s ballistic missile submarines. Laux’s honors include two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals and multiple unit awards. He joined the Blue Angels in September 2024 and served as the squadron’s narrator throughout 2025.
Cribb, who grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2012 and deployed to Japan and Qatar, where she supported aviation operations and combat mission planning. She was commissioned as an officer in 2021 and joined the Blue Angels in September 2025. Her decorations include three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals and three Good Conduct Medals.
Neither the Navy nor the pilots involved have provided a detailed account of what happened. For a service branch funded by taxpayers and representing the military in public demonstrations nationwide, the silence surrounding the dismissal of two members of one of its most visible units leaves basic accountability questions unanswered.
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