The commanding officer of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1, Cmdr. Jeffrey Wissel, has been relieved of duty while allegations of personal misconduct are investigated.

Wissel was relieved late Monday afternoon by Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers, according to a brief statement released by Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Executive officer, Cmdr. David Sauve, has assumed command of VQ-1 pending the outcome of the investigation.

“The responsibility of officers in command of their units, their sailors and their mission is absolute; we take their performance very seriously,” the statement read. “Our standards of conduct and performance for commanding officers are extremely high.”

Wissel took command of the VQ-1 World Watchers April 29, 2011. He is a 1994 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was designated a naval aviator in 1996. Wissel has been stationed at NAS Whidbey Island on several previous occasions and has flown over 2,700 hours in the P-3 and EP-3E aircraft.