[American Number 181269513]

Censure letters are put in service members' personnel files and are often career-ending for military officers, usually preventing them from further promotion or other progress.

So sad. Career ending letters of censure for life ending decisions.

[1Old Pro]

The vehicle - a kind of seafaring tank

Sounds kind of unseaworthy.

[Gay State Conservative]

This old Army guy knows basically nothing about the Navy...but it's easy to see that the sinking of any naval vessel would catch the attention of top brass!

[dfwgator]

Wonder if they would have fired Ike for this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Tiger

[jimtorr]

Is this what the military is coming to? A lack of training for personnel, poor vehicle maintenance and poor planning by personnel with stars on their shoulders.

[A Navy Vet]

I just don't get why so many Navy ships and a recent submarine are screwing up so much in the last years. Navy Regulations and Training Manuals are meticulously written, not to mention the Qualifications for Surface Warfare and Submarine Dolphin pins. Does no one study the manuals anymore? There used to be a manual in every department/division for specific operational readiness and procedures.

What the hell is wrong with my Navy? In 11 years being Navy (75-86), I never heard of such incidents, other than small fires that were quickly extinguished by damage control or known as the Flying Squad. Sheesh.

[glorgau]

Officers get a “censure letter”
Enlisted get sent to jail.

[Captain Walker]

This news item has been covered here in the past, and it's not what people might tend to believe it is.

The craft sank over a period of almost 45 minutes; any failures in this particular case were at the small-unit (NCO) level. (There were Marines in the troop compartment FAR past the point where it was safe to remain there,)