As with so much these days, this is just weird. The Navy does not just hand the keys to a freaking Nimitz-class flattop to a random airdale. There’s a lot of competition for that job.
What’s even stranger is that the captain didn’t discuss this with the admiral, on the same ship, whose quarters were next door to the captain. They saw each other every single day. How does a guy just decide to chuck his career overboard in this fashion?
None of this makes any sense at all.
You sure about that? Remember there have been some odd ducks pretty high up in the chain of command in recent years.
None of this makes any sense at all.
Unless the good Captain is polishing his bona fides for his next gig as “military analyst” for MSNBC or CNN.
I don't know if this is true or not. Do you have a link?
What if the admiral ordered him not to do anything beyond higher level orders, such as, "The Pentagon wants to keep this whole thing under wraps."?
I've seen such blind eyes turned away when the publicity looks bad to the higher echelons, also; even while the troops get screwed.
I certainly wouldn't state that as a fact, either. But we shouldn't state speculations as fact.
There is a very strict procedure to handle a NBC attack and lock the ship down and de-contaminate every square inch. I had to look it up. In the Army,we went through drills constantly until it was muscle reflex and second nature. I don’t know if this Captain did the right thing in peacetime but if this was war, he would not be the Captain I would feel secure with in charge of one of the greatest,most lethal and expensive warships on the planet.