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2020-10-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Marine Corps FIRES commander for 'loss of trust in his ability' after amphibious vehicle training accident in which eight Marines and one sailor died

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Reaping the rewards of 8 years of Obama SJW rot, where social experimentation was more important than traditional military standards, and training.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-15 02:16|| 2020-10-15 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 This is what would have happened on that carrier, only hundreds would have died. The top brass achieving their own objectives of "readiness" without any consideration of the human suffering it causes. Nothing new.

Posted by Muggsy Hapsburg5230 2020-10-15 03:47|| 2020-10-15 03:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Sometimes a commander screws up so you fire him unless he's protected/connected.
Sometimes stuff just happens...so you fire the commander.
Sometimes higher screws up and the inevitable happens and...you fire the commander and allow him to finish up for his pension on the grounds he keeps his mouth shut.
Napoleon said he liked lucky colonels.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-10-15 07:32|| 2020-10-15 07:32|| Front Page Top

#4 read about all these types in the Patrick O'brien "Aubrey / Maturin" novels.

Seems like a concomitant characteristic of the human condition.

Posted by AlanC 2020-10-15 07:57|| 2020-10-15 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Pour encourager les autres

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-15 17:31|| 2020-10-15 17:31|| Front Page Top

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