“What I’m not going to do is disparage our Sailors when we don’t have enough facts.”
When the most advanced warship in the world gets hit by a container ship...on the open seas...the crew of the warship was most definitely negligent and incompetent.
The Fitz has a top speed of 40kts and can do a 180deg turn in less than a mile. It can see and track every surface vessel for 50 miles in every direction.
Courts Martial is appropriate for all involved.
Manslaughter the appropriate charge.
It was the container ship that made a sudden U-turn in the crowded area, not the Fitzgerald.
You weren’t there.
I have seen people killed by incompetence in the military.
I have investigated how military equipment was damaged.
I learned to get all the facts.
This could very well have been incompetence.
But, you don’t have all the facts and you are not investigating.
I won’t disparage our Sailors until all the facts are known.