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To: stm

Likely career-ender for that ship's captain.


5 posted on 03/26/2006 4:24:16 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: FreedomPoster
Almost guaranteed. I have never heard of a case where a US Navy captain hit another ship and was still able to command another ship, regardless of who was at fault.
6 posted on 03/26/2006 4:30:40 AM PST by burzum (A single reprimand does more for a man of intelligence than a hundred lashes for a fool.--Prov 17:10)
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To: FreedomPoster
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will no doubt feel compelled to weigh in on the ending of Commander McBeths' career.


14 posted on 03/26/2006 5:17:02 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: FreedomPoster

Not "likely" at all. CERTAIN is more like it.


19 posted on 03/26/2006 7:27:28 AM PST by Wombat101 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to Shi'ite since 632 AD...)
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