Those on his ship thought of him as a hero. It seems some in today’s Navy needs to understand the chain of command, military values, and common sense.
It seems some in today’s Navy needs to understand the chain of command, military values, and common sense.
That’s “Old School” I retired in ‘97 and those values were lost then. :(
There’s more to the story than we’re allowed to know right now. He knew what he was doing when he Cc’d all those people in an unclassified email. Navy brass, more so than the other branches, will happily ignore the health and safety of the enlisted men so long as they can claim their mission is continuing, and there are a lot of military officers in all branches who only care about making their direct superior officer happy so they get good marks on their officer’s evaluation.
If some admirals above him quietly and suddenly retire, he probably didn’t make a mistake, but decided to take care of his crew knowing it would come at the cost of his command. Usually though, the Brass does it’s best to sweep whatever happened so far under the rug that nobody will ever find out.
Yes. There is manifest breakdown in good order and discipline.