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U.S. Naval Commanders Charged With Negligent Homicide for Role in Ship Collisions

posted by martyb on Wednesday January 17 2018, @06:18PM   Printer-friendly
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takyon writes:

Naval Commanders In 2 Deadly Ship Collisions To Be Charged With Negligent Homicide

The U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that the commanding officers of two vessels involved in separate collisions in the Pacific Ocean last year will face court-martial proceedings and possible criminal charges including negligent homicide.

The statement by Navy spokesman Capt. Greg Hicks says the decision to prosecute the commanders, and several lower-ranking officers as well, was made by Adm. Frank Caldwell.

[...] In the case of the USS Fitzgerald, the commander, two lieutenants and one lieutenant junior grade face possible charges of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide.

The commander of the USS John S. McCain will face possible charges of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide. A chief petty officer also faces one possible charge of dereliction of duty.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by stormwyrm on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:12AM (1 child)

    by stormwyrm (717) on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:12AM (#624057) Journal
    The honourable thing would be to resign one's command in disgust, making a VERY big stink about one's reasons for doing so. If enough senior officers did this, that would definitely get the attention of the REMFs in the Pentagon and eventually even the Armed Services Committees in Congress. If it truly is a systemic problem in the Navy, there would be many ship's captains with similar grievances and it would not be hard to organise them into a group that would agitate for reforms.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @10:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @10:32PM (#624437)
    The big problem, especially for the commander of USS John S. McCain, is that the current chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is Senator John McCain himself. I doubt he would be disposed to look kindly upon the guy who allowed an accident to occur on the ship bearing his name and that of his father and grandfather!