251 [YYZ] DeadMeat_015 Members 507 posts 11,360 battles Report post #1 Posted October 11, 2017 "Cmdr. Alfredo J. Sanchez, the McCain’s commander, and Cmdr. Jessie L. Sanchez, its executive officer, were relieved of their duties and reassigned, Navy officials announced in a statement. Both were fired because of a lack of confidence, officials said." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/10/10/navy-fires-two-officers-over-uss-mccain-collision-says-deadly-accident-was-preventable/?utm_term=.17f23e64666e Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
497 HowitzerBlitzer Members 1,944 posts 2,492 battles Report post #2 Posted October 11, 2017 So... who's going to replace them? Not sure the replacements will have more experience or better training than these two that were let go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
251 [YYZ] DeadMeat_015 Members 507 posts 11,360 battles Report post #3 Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, HowitzerBlitzer said: So... who's going to replace them? Not sure the replacements will have more experience or better training than these two that were let go. No salt here, but I'm not sure you understand how the Navy works. Essentially all Officers are interchangeable as long as they have the proper rank and schooling to be a ship CO or XO. Now competence of individual Officers do vary, but if they didn't have Officers qualified to assume command then the Navy is not the Navy Edited October 11, 2017 by DeadMeat_015 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
915 [WOLF5] AJTP89 Members 2,379 posts 2,977 battles Report post #4 Posted October 11, 2017 Don't know who will replace, but if you allow your DDG to be hit by a freighter, you deserve to be fired. How the hell is our navy supposed to avoid incoming missiles and such if they can't even avoid some old freighter? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
497 HowitzerBlitzer Members 1,944 posts 2,492 battles Report post #5 Posted October 11, 2017 12 minutes ago, DeadMeat_015 said: No salt here, but I'm not sure you understand how the Navy works. Essentially all Officers are interchangeable as long as they have the proper rank and schooling to be a ship CO or XO. Now competence of individual Officers do vary, but if they didn't have Officers qualified to assume command then the Navy is not the Navy Does not mean that the replacements will have better training for the ship than the outgoing folk, or at least for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,407 [-BRS-] NoLoveForPhatShips Members 3,153 posts 17,056 battles Report post #6 Posted October 11, 2017 I remember when I was in the Navy a good day was 18 hours and sometimes they would push it all the way up to 36 hours straight for a day or two and it's tough to do that 7 days a week I remember when I first got on the ship one of the old salty dogs told me I would fall asleep with my eyes open I didn't believe him then 6 months later there's a lot of days that you just can't stay awake waiting for something to happen So I can totally see how sleep deprivation on a force spread too thin is lot of the problems And when you're tired all the time days on end you start becoming mental too 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
26 [VVV] Tiberius67 Beta Testers 223 posts 1,916 battles Report post #7 Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, AJTP89 said: Don't know who will replace, but if you allow your DDG to be hit by a freighter, you deserve to be fired. How the hell is our navy supposed to avoid incoming missiles and such if they can't even avoid some old freighter? the Naviguesser needs to go too.....he obviously failed to properly oversee the training of the lookouts who failed to notice a freighter bearing down on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
