To: Headfulofghosts
"This is the way it works in the Navy, if you're the captain of a ship, and it runs aground, they only ask two questions: Did it run aground, and were you the captain?" he explained. "If the answer is yes to both, you're fired." And in some cases, members of the crew are relieved as well. His point?
25 posted on
12/22/2003 2:33:27 PM PST by
Chad Fairbanks
(What am I rebelling against? Well, what do ya got?)
To: Chad Fairbanks
"This is the way it works in the Navy, if you're the captain of a ship, and it runs aground, they only ask two questions: Did it run aground, and were you the captain?" he explained. "If the answer is yes to both, you're fired." When a then-Lt. Nimitz ran his old destroyer, the Decauter, ashore in the Philipines, he was court-martialed and then given another command. He didn't get fired, and went on to become one of our greatest wartime military leaders. Clark is just jealous.
44 posted on
12/22/2003 2:51:31 PM PST by
Chad Fairbanks
(What am I rebelling against? Well, what do ya got?)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Nevermind that running aground could be the preferred thing to do in a situation where you are sinking.
136 posted on
12/22/2003 6:43:32 PM PST by
StriperSniper
(Sending the Ba'thist to the showers! ;-)
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