[Rockingham]

My father, a Kings Point graduate who was a merchant marine officer for years and a Navy officer during the Korean War, was astonished at the Fitgerald collision and immediately suspected that it was due to persistent USN slackness in standards and habits in standing watch. In the Merchant Marine, lapses in keeping watch can quickly result in getting dropped from the crew. Not so in the USN, where lines of responsibility are often unclear and lapses are not always reprimanded and corrected.

[sparklite2]

Not so in the USN, where lines of responsibility are often unclear

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That’s not the USN I served in.