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Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
It's not sounding too good for the CO of the Fitzgerald if the Japanese Captains report is accurate.
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My impression is that Benson would be screwed regardless. A good friend, now deceased was career Navy, primarily on aircraft carriers. He was on ship that got temporarily stuck on a sandbar in the Indian Ocean. They couldn't free themselves until high tide, so a few hours later they did. No damage, and those sandbars can't be charted. The Captain got transferred, and resigned shortly as his career was blackballed.
 
BarnBuster

BarnBuster

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Command at Sea: the prestige, privilege and burden of command
By Joseph Conrad​

Only a seaman realizes to what great extent an entire ship reflects the personality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a landsman, this is not understandable - and sometimes it is even difficult for us to comprehend - but it is so!

A ship at sea is a different world in herself, and in consideration of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units, the Navy must place great power, responsibility and trust in the hands of those leaders chosen for command.

In each ship there is one man who, in the hour of emergency or peril at sea, can turn to no other man. There is one who alone is ultimately responsible for the safe navigation, engineering performance, accurate gunfire and morale of the ship. He is the Commanding Officer. He is the ship!

This is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour as Commanding Officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privileges, in view of his obligations, are almost ludicrously small; nevertheless, this is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders.

It is a duty which richly deserves the highest, time-honored title of the seafaring world - Captain.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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Singlemalt said:
My impression is that Benson would be screwed regardless. A good friend, now deceased was career Navy, primarily on aircraft carriers. He was on ship that got temporarily stuck on a sandbar in the Indian Ocean. They couldn't free themselves until high tide, so a few hours later they did. No damage, and those sandbars can't be charted. The Captain got transferred, and resigned shortly as his career was blackballed.
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That Benson's career is screwed is beyond doubt - but if the investigating bodies find that the Japanese CO's narrative is correct it will likely lead to very serious charges resulting in a Courts Martial (as it should).
If I were one of the parents of the deceased sailors I would have a lawyer (well versed in the UCMJ) and a letter to my congressman at the ready.
 
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Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
That Benson's career is screwed is beyond doubt - but if the investigating bodies find that the Japanese CO's narrative is correct it will likely will lead to very serious charges resulting in a Courts Martial (as it should).
If I were one of the parents of the deceased sailors I would have a lawyer(well versed in the UCMJ) and a letter to my congressman at the ready.
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Yeah, failure to respond to the freighter's warnings, apparent sonar/radar malfunctions. Captain could be looking at Leavenworth
 
Rooster802

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So I was eating my grandma's pussy the other day and I got a mouthful of horse semen... got me to thinking if that wasn't what killed her?

Fuck me, seriously just got back from the bar and this dipshit told me that cannabis should remain illegal because he didn't want his son to think it was cool. I informed him that cannabis is awesome, and nontoxic, and to tell me I shouldn't have it because he didn't like it was fucking un-American. Which he agreed with and said he didn't care, he was gonna be selfish anyway... goddamn. I love free speech.
 
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