[Gay State Conservative]

I'm an old Army guy who was never been rebuked by a commander or court martialed...and I know absolutely nothing about the Navy.But one would think that in peacetime the main responsibilities of the senior command aboard any Naval vessel are 1) make sure your crew,and your vessel,don't come to any harm and 2) make sure your crew is well trained in their duties.

[Chainmail]

I doubt that any naval officer could summarize the problem better.

This rebuttal by the former Captain is a new phenomenon: in all previous times, a Captain would own up to his culpability when his ship was involved in a disaster. This is a prime example of the weakness of this generation of leaders - and the navy’s command selection process.

It’s exactly as you said - if the equipment, or the training, or the competence of the ship’s personnel failed, it is the Captain’s fault.

Period.

[Lou L]

1) make sure your crew,and your vessel,don't come to any harm and 2) make sure your crew is well trained in their duties.

Initially, I defended Captain Bryson. I thought sure, no commander could've ever committed such willful negligence.

Having read the subsequent reports, he was negligent in personnel training, and in the readiness of his ship. Therefore, by failing in #2 above, he placed his crew in harm.

I would also add that what I read of the OOD's actions (and inactions) leading up to this accident, she is also at fault, along with the Combat TAO and Surface Watch officers.

[PIF]

That would be true IF the skipper had training himself instead of the new standard of OJT. The Navy canceled the captain training school - more money for F-35s and DDG-1000 toys that way.