Posted on 08/04/2014 5:16:19 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
A Navy diver died at the bottom of a Maryland pond last year after refusing to leave his trapped fellow sailor to drown alone.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Harris, 23, and Petty Officer 1st Class James Reyher, 28, were sent to dive in the Aberdeen Proving Ground on February 26 2013, but their lifeless bodies were pulled to the surface just 31 minutes after they started the dive.
No one knew what had befallen the pair until an investigation, completed last year but only recently released, pieced together the final 31 minutes of the young men's lives.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Greater love hath no man.................
Prepare yourselves because I am about to sound like a moron, but I have to ask: if it’s a training exercise, why wasn’t an instructor monitoring it at depth?
Please be kind.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
I am always overwhelmed by the bravery, courage and love shown by members of our Armed Forces.
There were disciplinary actions taken. From the daily Mail article”
“..The deaths resulted in at least five members of personnel being disciplined. Four were charged with dereliction of duty, and the commanding officer who was unreachable was fired for being ‘unapproachable and disengaged.’ “
Prayers for his wife and children. I’m sure such a man is desperately missed.
Brave men who were put into harms way due to bad leadership decisions at the local of the accident. Divers should be able to express safety concerns, whatever the situation without repercussions.
All those attributes are exactly why the left hates them.
Even in pre-computer 1966-68 when I was in the Marine Corps, paperwork and CYA were literally the "order of the day".
Probably a Knocker (Naval Academy grad known for knocking their graduation rings on tables and also known for arrogant bustards, unapproachable and disengaged)
My apologies to any Knockers on the forum who would definitely not fit this stereotype.
;)
RIP sailors and prayers for the family and loved ones.
The report makes it sound like that unit was FUBAR (it’s not in a German dictionary)...
This was a training exercise for crying out loud, not an active mission...no reason to compromise 2 men’s safety and in the end, their lives.
I was just reading about a wounded WWII submarine Captain who—from outside—ordered the sub to dive out of danger after ramming a Japanese warship. After 30 minutes down, the Captain and the others were not seen in order to be rescued or recovered.
I remember with pride, a US military that was about something besides politics.
My impression FWIW of academy guys when I was in the Navy is that they were not very good junior officers, but as they became burnished by experience (and not needing to prove anything) they became superb senior officers. When academy Ensigns became LCDR’s and above they weren’t bad at all.
What is “knocking their rings on tables” supposed to mean?
Naval Academy grads are famous for proudly wearing their class rings at all times.
Ring Knocking is either an attention getting technique or a nervous habit (maybe both).
If used as an attention getting technique; during a meeting turn the class ring over so the jewel is on the palm side and knock it against the table like a gavel.
If a nervous habit simply tapping or knocking the ring against the table rhythmically.
In the service, all officers in the same grade are equal, but academy (West Point, Annapolis) grads are a little more equal than everyone else. As stated, during a meeting, the ring knockers will sound off to remind the other of this fact.
In my squadron we had nine Canoe U grads, all good guys, all would have had their ass kicked if they had done that and were serious.
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