truly an idiot and a 4 star at that. I think he is another push button fighter pilot type that forgets the small stuff like boarding parties.
Actually he's not an aviator. He's a surface warfare type. He commanded three ships: the gasoline tanker USS Noxubee (AOG 56), the guided missile destroyer USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), and the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48).
As a Flag Officer, Adm. Mullen commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group 2, the George Washington Battle Group, and the U.S. 2nd Fleet/NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic.
Read the rest of his bio.
Sounds like he shoudl know better, but then again, he's pretty resource constrained. Ever since Billy Jeff raped the armed forces, and George W. failed to build them back up. W has fought two wars with about the same size armed forces as Billy Jeff left him, except to call up lots of reserve forces, and transfer some "slots" from the Navy and Air Force to the Marines, as well as having Squids and Zoomies doing Grunt jobs, which means not being available to operate ships and keep airplanes flying.