[colorado tanker]

Nimitz, Spruance and Halsey were an amazing team. Frankly, of the fleet commanders, I think Spruance was the better commander, but Halsey was certainly colorful and got the sailor's attention

Today's bureaucrat admirals? We'd only know if war came, but I'm not optimistic.

[SunkenCiv]

I’ll agree, insofar as different styles of command are needed for different situations. Halsey’s style was more dynamic, Spruance’s more by-the-book. Regardless, he was of very high character, for example:

> So far as my getting five star rank is concerned, if I could have got it along with Bill Halsey, that would have been fine; but, if I had received it instead of Bill Halsey, I would have been very unhappy over it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A._Spruance