Hackworth was all wound up, because there'd been a glut of phoney's claiming medalions and rank but have never seen action. He incorrectly lumped the Admiral into this crowd.
Hack has admitted his own failure, given the Admiral's otherwise excellent standing, to make sure he had all the details, first.
Hack is not crazy.
He's frustrated by the continual lack of care for the man in the trenches; "you would think that the brass would have learned by now," kind of reaction to the cockled marionettes.
Admiral Boorda was not able to dismiss the lack of regard by the Clntonistas for our men and women in uniform and all our veterans, not to mention our national memorials. He'd "just about had it!" that having to live the Clinton's lies, keep things going in spite of the leftists' wreckles social engineering.
The irony being that the Admiral and the Lt. Col. were actually in agreement on the Clinton Administration's lack of concern for our military.
Well, the Admiral spoke volumes for the pain of living in what he knew was a hopeless situation that could not be endured by the country.
Is what happened. IMHO.