For a ship to get in that bad a shape, that comes down from above. The division CO, the fleet CO, all have to have failed in their duties. For the radar to be non-functional, for the crew to be that derelict, that has to be systemic, not limited to that one ship.
For the ship to be missing a chief for years does not seem like something within the control of anyone onboard the ship.
I, and others of like mind have been beating this drum for some time. What this exposed in the US Navy was a complete and utter failure of leadership.
Failure to train. Failure to drill. But most of all, failure to lead.
Shameful.
Shameful.
There is a positive that comes out of this: now that it is in the open and clear, there is always the possibility, no matter how slight, that this could be addressed top to bottom. I don’t think it will, but when you reach the bottom, sometimes the only way to go is up.