A second Blue Angels member has vanished from the squadron’s public footprint alongside the pilot ousted for “failing to uphold standards.”
Marine Maj. Scott Laux, 37, was confirmed removed from the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron on Friday, though officials have refused to specify what triggered the dismissal. The second-year pilot’s photo and biography were scrubbed from the Blue Angels’ official website, and eagle-eyed observers soon noticed that Marine Capt. Danielle Cribb’s profile had disappeared as well.
“Blue Angel #6 was removed from the team for failing to uphold the standards expected of members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron and will not participate in the team’s remaining performance this season,” the Chief of Naval Air Training public affairs office said.
Laux and Cribb were photographed together at a Pensacola Blue Wahoos minor league baseball game in April, where Laux presented Cribb with an award for her promotion behind home plate. The social media post from that event described Laux as Cribb’s “mentor,” according to the source material.
The Navy did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday regarding either Laux or Cribb. A voicemail left for Laux was not immediately returned.
Laux, a Chantilly, Va. Native, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Chinese before completing Marine officer training and an extensive flight-training program. He joined the Blue Angels in September 2024 and served as the team’s narrator in 2025. His military honors include two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals and multiple unit awards.
Cribb, who was raised in Beaufort, S.C., enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2012 and was deployed to Japan and Qatar, where she contributed to aviation operations and combat mission planning, according to a copy of her biography still available online. 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, three Good Conduct Medals, and multiple unit awards.
Laux was notably absent from the squadron’s NAS Pensacola Homecoming Air Show on Friday and Saturday, which celebrated the naval air station’s 200th anniversary. The team performed with five planes rather than its typical six.
The Blue Angels are based at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Laux got engaged in 2013 after meeting his wife at the U.S. Naval Academy, according to an engagement announcement in the Columbus Dispatch. She served on the USS Wyoming, one of the Navy’s 14 ballistic missile submarines.
The circumstances connecting Laux’s removal to Cribb’s disappearance from the squadron’s online presence remain unclear, with the Navy offering no explanation for either development.
The squadron’s remaining performances this season will proceed without Laux as the pilot of Blue Angel #6.