I think he’s dead-on accurate in his assessment. Tragically.
Our super high-tech DDs can’t even stay out of the way of tankers, much less salvos of hypersonic missiles.
Our brass is 10X more concerned about their diversity reports than their war fighting readiness.
A bad check about diversity (such as for firing an incompetent bridge watch stander of a protected race, gender or gender ID) can end a career tomorrow, where these cowardly captains might get through an entire career without fighting in a war.
So they kow-tow slavishly to PC nonsense, while their ships rust and rot.
I was a naval officer in the 1980s. Our ships at sea gleamed with fresh paint. We knew the Soviet warships by their bleeding rust.
Now it is our warships that go to sea bleeding rust. I take that as a harbinger.
How many Soviet ships did the U.S. sink while you were a naval officer?
I could not agree with you more Matt. I hope that you are well.