[DoodleDawg]

I didn’t see where people who screwed up were identified by sex or rank. The CO, of course, is ultimately responsible, but the report didn’t identify the OOD, JOOD, helm, lee helm, or any of the snipes.

I read the report, too. The captain, a guy, was on the bridge and in charge of the ship. The executive officer, a guy, was also on the bridge. The OOD was on the bridge but not in charge. The captain, a guy, ignored the recommendation of the executive officer, the navigator, and the senior watch officer to set the sea and anchor detail, which I assume would put more people on duty to help out in a congested sea lane. So where are the moans and groans about how the Pentagon is covering up the fact that male officers nearly sank a Navy ship?

[petitfour]

The captain is named Alfredo Sanchez. The helmsman is male and was 18 at the time of the collision. I’m pretty sure the XO at time of collision is an African American male.

[petitfour]

I was wrong. XO is Jessie or Jesse Sanchez.

[dsc]

“So where are the moans and groans about how the Pentagon is covering up the fact that male officers nearly sank a Navy ship?”

When the agenda is qualifying as many women as possible, there’s no reason for covering up a screw-up by a man as there is for a woman. As a matter of fact, trumpeting screw-ups by men supports the agenda.

Why in the world would anybody think that the Pentagon would try to cover up mistakes by a man?

However, they would—and do—make every attempt to downplay failures by women.