> But at the end of the day, our commanders make decisions
One of the decisions not practically available to the captain is to stay in port because he declares his ship not ready.
If a crash happens, like it did, he's legally responsible and his career ends.
But if he declares his ship unfit, then he's also declaring himself unfit, because he didn't ensure that his ship was ready. And under the "operational pace" that's been described in all the articles about these incidents, you can easily imagine the unspoken order that "you will not take your ship out of service." Even though that also is his legal responsibility, if appropriate.
We've all seen or experienced "get it done, just don't tell me how you do it."
My assumption is if all ships in the 7th fleet took themselves offline until training and resources were merely acceptable, there'd be no 7th fleet.
And we're not even at effing war! At least not in the Western Pacific. Imagine the shitshow that will be a shooting war in the Western Pacific.
> But if he declares his ship unfit, then he's also declaring himself unfit
It's on the leadership above the captain to back him up if he declares the ship unfit - or unable to get off-ship support to make it fit. Having a culture where you can't "stop the line", to borrow a Toyota process term, for serious problems - will lead to serious problems accumulating.
One of the decisions not practically available to the captain is to stay in port because he declares his ship not ready.
If a crash happens, like it did, he's legally responsible and his career ends.
But if he declares his ship unfit, then he's also declaring himself unfit, because he didn't ensure that his ship was ready. And under the "operational pace" that's been described in all the articles about these incidents, you can easily imagine the unspoken order that "you will not take your ship out of service." Even though that also is his legal responsibility, if appropriate.
We've all seen or experienced "get it done, just don't tell me how you do it."
My assumption is if all ships in the 7th fleet took themselves offline until training and resources were merely acceptable, there'd be no 7th fleet.
And we're not even at effing war! At least not in the Western Pacific. Imagine the shitshow that will be a shooting war in the Western Pacific.