Should have fired anyway, he is never getting promoted again due to this. He is lucky he escaped with his head.
“Should have fired anyway”
Maybe he couldn’t force himself to get a woman subordinate killed.
“he is never getting promoted again due to this.”
Yup. The surface navy really sucks that way. Nimitz would never have made it in today’s Navy.
“He is lucky he escaped with his head.”
I’m thinking that if they had opened fire, the Kenyan Commie would have made sure that their deaths would have been meaningless. Under those circumstances, and standing between his crew and a corrupt chain of command, I see the LT’s responsibility as keeping his men alive.
Even if he goes ahead and punches out, at least he will be able to reflect that no American lives were lost to no purpose on his watch.