If the Navy sent untrained Officers out to ships, than whoever made the decision to do that needs to be brought up for investigation.
Even if it’s Obama.
If you send out untrained Ensigns on watch, then you’re just asking for trouble.
The military runs on discipline.
The Enlisted are expected to obey the orders of their Officers.
When their Officer is an untrained Officer, then the ship is going to have troubles. The Officer May be in way over his/her head, but the Enlisted are supposed to follow the orders. Even stupid orders.
Who the hell in the Navy wearing stars couldn’t see this coming?
Sending untrained Officers out to ships at sea.
Don’t agree with the ‘following stupid orders’ part completely, based on my experience.
We had a LCDR (aviator) Conning Officer on a carrier who routinely would confuse port and stbd orders to the helm. The helmsman would always say ‘Orders to the Helm?’ until the LCDR got it right. Finally the CO fired him and banned him from the bridge. I know this because when he got fired, I moved up from radar watch to Conn.