Four officers and two enlisted went to mast before Navy Expeditionary Combat Command head Rear Adm. Frank Morneau. Of the four officers, two were found guilty of disobeying a superior and dereliction of duty, according to an NECC statement and given punitive letters of reprimand \u2014 a potentially career-ending move. A third officer officer was found not guilty of dereliction of duty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My frame of reference for this whole thing is back in the good old days of the Cold War when we used to patrol the East German Border, and ya know what? I would have publicly fired my squad leaders if they did shit like this;<\/p>\n
The sailors from Coastal Riverine Squadron 3 did not brief or even plan their route from Kuwait to Bahrain. While the original route would have avoided Iran\u2019s territorial waters around Farsi Island, the crew immediately deviated from their original course to make up for a late start.
\n The crew did not report to their operational handlers on shore when they sighted land unexpectedly or report the mechanical failure.
\n Task Force 56, the riverine squadron\u2019s immediate superior in 5th Fleet, tasked the sailors beyond their capabilities and limitations and fostered a \u201ccan do\/will do\u201d culture.
\n The tactical operations center charged with tracking the transit failed to do so and reacted poorly when things started going wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We would train for months before we became operational at our posts on the border so that every private knew how to respond to every single situation they might encounter, it doesn’t look like the Navy took their mission in the Gulf as seriously. We’d spend hours rehearsing our operations and doing map exercises, but it doesn’t appear that the sailors and their leadership cared too much about being successful in that regard. Especially since they should have known that Iran was just praying for a situation exactly like this to earn some points with the media.<\/p>\n
This was a failure of leadership, plain and simple. All the way up to the office that cut off funding for proper training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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