It should be noted that captain of an aircraft carrier is one of the highest and most respected jobs in the navy. This guy was in charge of over 5000 sailors a

It should be noted that captain of an aircraft carrier is one of the highest and most respected jobs in the navy. This guy was in charge of over 5000 sailors and $10b+ in hardware including two nuclear reactors and an air wing larger and more capable than the entire air force of almost all countries. The presence of this vessel in any given ocean affects the geopolitics of half of a continent. That is not a job given to the careless, unreliable, or politically naive. This guy knew what he was doing, in every sense of that phrase.