Naval Commander received of duty!

[MostlyUselessLurker]

This is more concerning than the other one's ego and postering. Why did he need to be braced up? Bad seas and quick photo OP?

Illegal Warship Wi-Fi

It's laughable that a LCS would be referred to as a warship

 

[M1A1ABRAMS]

I read a article about Starlink use in Ukraine when they first started fighting. And they had no network. According to the article it could be possibly hacked by Russia giving away their positions, at the time. If they didn't keep constantly change the encryption codes. Russia did hack Viasat though. Before Starlink. I wonder how many people or countries were tracking the ship ? I personally think they all should have been relieved of duty & sent to prison. She must have had some good connections somewhere. But then who else had a private server in a closet ? lol

 

[Hugnot]

The whole business is incredibly stupid & useless.

 

[Doom2]

Actually I feel sorry for the Captain since this was obviously a staged photo by some PR guy who had a rifle handed to him and told him to fire off a few rounds. The PR guy and armorer should be the ones relieved of duty if the decision was about this photo!.

 

[dfanonymous]

Actually I feel sorry for the Captain since this was obviously a staged photo by some PR .

I wouldn't. That's all they live for. It's like I said, they're politicians.

We use to call stuff like that, "dog and pony shows."

 

[EazyID]

I am not going to ridicule anyone who is serving to protect our country.

I serve to protect our country and I'll gladly ridicule stupidity within the ranks - especially someone of the same rank as me.

 

[Rick Richard]

I serve to protect our country and I'll gladly ridicule stupidity within the ranks - especially someone of the same rank as me.

Thank you for your service…., but I won't.

 

[Doom2]

, I would be taking pictures shooting missles or the big 10" (or however big they are) guns on that ship.

THe days of big guns are gone. The largest gun on a US Navy ship nowadays is a 5"x 45 Caliber weapon. For someone who remembers 8" and 16" guns it's a peashooter and not something to right home about.

 

[Doom2]

I wouldn't. That's all they live for. It's like I said, they're politicians.

We use to call stuff like that, "dog and pony shows."

There is that. And history has shown time and again that peacetime command structure is all about politics until the shooting starts and then the real leaders emerge. Fortunately there are some who can navigate the politics and still be good and effective leaders. True in the military and true in the private sector. I was fortunate to work for a couple. I still think he probably got a raw deal on this.

 

[Hugnot]

Some of the dumbest CO's that I served under had the most campaign ribbons & awards.

 

[dfanonymous]

There is that. And history has shown time and again that peacetime command structure is all about politics until the shooting starts and then the real leaders emerge. Fortunately there are some who can navigate the politics and still be good and effective leaders. True in the military and true in the private sector. I was fortunate to work for a couple. I still think he probably got a raw deal on this.

I was a ground pounder, pipe hitter, knuckle dragger during wartime. 90% of leadership was achieved on merit, and was fairly competent.

But even we weren't immune at times to the stupidity of the hearts and minds mentality from the Obama years, and the fight with 1 hand behind your back type operations that was often bureaucratic commands from leadership that never been behind the wire.

Even today, I still work as sniper for DOS. You're always navigating politics. It hurts warriors in the battlespace, and limits their capabilities. See Abbey Gate as a more recent example.

I dunno, any skipper who doesn't have the basics down enough to ask what's wrong with the rifle probably shouldn't be leading anything, however I agreed normally that wouldn't grounds for a no confidence firing. The bad deal is big Gayvy swatted him because he made the news, as is often the case.

 

[EazyID]

We are asking about the skipper himself...

But what about his own people? Chiefs? I've been on TV stateside and in the sandbox, none of my nearby NCOs or junior officers would let me in front of a camera without a courtesy "PCC"

 

[Doom2]

But even we were immune at times to the stupidity of the hearts and minds mentality from the Obama years, and the fight with 1 hand behind your back type operations that was often bureaucratic commands from leadership that never been behind the wire.

I go back to the Viet Nam era and as it worked out I never served. I was hoping that we learned our lesson about how to fight and run a military organization from that conflict and it appeared that we did, for a while. Whatever gains were made went down the tube when Obama began his purge.

Unfortunately, in most conflicts we get into today the enemy is not so straight forward like it was in World War II.

Thanks for your service.