I do my own share of attacks on this forum, but never against someone who has spent their entire professional life one mistake from violent death in defense of their country.
It is also instructive to consider what anyone else might do spending 99 out of 100 hours away from their family our loved ones (because it aint always the same) with no one around except those you work with.
...something called integrity, principle, commitment to vows comes to mind...
...of which the Lisa Nowak types are deficient ...
Sorry, dog that's just plain wrong.
Having an affair with a married woman, fellow officer in the same unit is definately against the UCMJ.
CDR O admitted to it. That's all she wrote for him.
In the Army it's called "zipper problems" as in:
Q - Why did Colonel Smith have to retire all of a sudden, he was a sure bet to make general?
A - Zipper problems
Couldn't keep it in his pants, got caught up in the I'm-a-too-important-special-leader-warrior complex.
The fact is they'll replace you with someone just as good in a heartbeat
I'm sure he was a great guy, but the bottom line is he screwed up bigtime in the personal judgement department. The most important thing that is expected from an officer. None of the services are especially forgiving of this kind of behavior.
The Navy's full of great pilots You'll get along without him just fine
And I take exception to the pressures while deployed arguement. I'm going over 900 days since 2002 in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Pakistan and Afghanistan and in my observation a lot more people don't screw around on their spouses than do.
"...as Officers, neither party is subject to Navy discipline."
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Are you sure about that? Isn't there an even higher standard of conduct for officers than for enlisted?