They are blaming *sleep deprivation*.
Then maybe they just need to crawl back into their own beds and quit “enjoying their sexual freedom” granted by the perverts at the pentagon!
My dad was a Naval officer. Sleep deprivation seems to be a way of life in the Navy, and none of his ships ever had these kinds of accidents. He mentioned two specific ships in the Pacific Fleet that, around the time of the Gulf War, were generally known to be screw-ups. I’ll have to ask him which ships they were and check if they ever bungled like this.