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Looks like several higher fleet officers were fired or 'retired early' in the wake of this, so I'm not certain it's just throwing people under the bus. Scant d
by vertis 8y ago
Looks like several higher fleet officers were fired or 'retired early' in the wake of this, so I'm not certain it's just throwing people under the bus.
Scant details on what made them 'derelict in their duty'. Was it being negligence or was it mistakes caused by lack of training.
- pdonis 8y ago> Scant details on what made them 'derelict in their duty'. Was it being negligence or was it mistakes caused by lack of training. Both. The article doesn't say that, but from my own experience as a Naval officer, I'm pretty sure. Lack of training means higher ups were also at fault, and that's why they're also being punished. But lack of training does not remove your responsibility if you're the officer on watch. Nothing does. Those who don't like that should not become officers.
- eigenvector 8y agoThe US Navy has released a detailed report[1] on the incident in question. They found that lack of training, poor leadership and fatigue all contributed to the collision. [1] https://news.usni.org/2017/11/01/uss-fitzgerald-uss-john-s-mccain-collision-report https://news.usni.org/2017/11/01/uss-fitzgerald-uss-john-s-m...