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Or the tootie fruitee SF Chronicles creative writing staff producer of this fakeA@@ “letter”.

Fairly crude in the improbable writing style, and... verbage. to include “as we are not at war.....”!!! What commander would write such drivel. And then the article cites him as a “Santa Rosa” native (what the hell difference does that make?)

Lunacy.

And another point to pile on the reasons for believing this Ratheresque creation is a forgery.... A carrier has a medical staff on board. Any CO worth his salt would either summarize or forward a copy of the advice provided by his Medical Officer, and a list of supplies, equipment and personnel needed.

In fact, any CO worth his salt would actually provide a comprehensive situation report - list of casualties and prognosis, organizational and operational measures taken so far, proposed course of action, questions on which expert advice is sought, and assistance required. That is because you know that that is the next set of questions to anticipate from your immediate operational and administrative support commands, and being entrusted with the command of a ship, you should have anticipated.

I mean, the man has 4,000 officers and men, good and true, and a carrier battle group full of equipment. He ought to be able to make something of that rather than coming across as a whiny little Obama.