The US Navy has never surrendered without a fight. These guys had the duty to defend their vessels from being taken and they failed to discharge that duty.
Even the guys on the virtually unarmed USS Pueblo resisted as best they could. One was killed by the NKs in the act of destroying classified equipment. They resisted throughout their captivity. They may have lost the ship but they kept their honor and did not disgrace the nation.
These guys had 50 Cals, miniguns, 240s and small arms and they surrendered to bass boats. You can see the ammunition laid out in the pictures
There needs to be an open Congressional hearing on this and a simultaneous article 32 investigation
Either someone ordered that LT to surrender - I want a name. Or he was out of comms and took it upon himself to do so.
And nobody had better even hand me the "ROE-wouldn't-let-him-fight" and "Code-of-conduct-doesen't apply-because-we-aren't-at-war-with-the-Iranians" arguements I've been reading in some other articles about this disgraceful incident.
No ROE denies the right of self defense. The demand of surrender by the forces of another nation is an inherently hostile act
If you are in the military you are subject to the code of conduct 24-7-365 for the duration of your service.
The greatest Navy in the world is now Iran's bitch. I want an audit trail. Somebody is responsible. And needs to be held accountable.
ROE? - the people saying that are likely not veterans. No one, and I mean no one takes a USN vessel without a fight and I don't care if its international waters or not. Some lawyer came on here a couple days ago saying " the Iranians had every justification to take those boats if they were within 3 miles of Farsi isle" i