Sadly it will take the horrible deaths of many young sailors before today’s “battleship admirals” come to understand that in the modern technological era, capital surface ships, including the super carriers are floating coffins
—
Today’s admirals working hard on PC, Diversity & Women’s Advancement Issues to ensure that even subs become death traps
Throughout recorded history during periods of relative peace, armed forces tend to be led by the politically adroit and well connected officers who are in tune with their political masters rather than virile, aggressive warriors. If you look at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it functions as little more than any other Federal bureaucracy and can hardly be called a nest of warriors. Nice uniforms and pageantry but really a politically correct place at its core. If the US were faced with an existential war against Russia or China, our military leadership may be lacking.