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A former commander of the USS John S. McCain pleaded guilty Friday to dereliction of duty when the destroyer collided with a commercial tanker, killing 10 people and injuring five in the Straits of Singapore last August.
Cmdr. Alfredo Sanchez, who has served in the Navy for more than 20 years, testified during a special court-martial at the Washington Navy Yard, Stars and Stripes reported.
“I am ultimately responsible and stand accountable,” Sanchez said. “I will forever question my decisions that contributed to this tragic event.”
Per disciplinary proceedings, Sanchez agreed to retire from service, forfeit $6,000 in wages, and was issued a letter of reprimand.
Sanchez claimed responsibility for the deadly collision. He said had failed to put a well-rested, well-trained crew in place to steer the destroyer into the Straits.
The former commander, who was immediately reassigned after the collision, initially faced negligent homicide charges, CBS News reported.
According to Sanchez, an 18-year-old undertrained helmsman had been navigating the destroyer, known as "Big Bad John," leading up to the collision.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Monday May 28 2018, @01:59AM (2 children)
If that was true they'd have been too busy reconfiguring/compiling/booting their kernel to run into another ship.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 28 2018, @03:54AM (1 child)
He said "running Linux," which does not imply running Gentoo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 28 2018, @04:06AM
Indeed. Where was the systemd joke? They were running Ubuntu.