US Fitzgerald: Typical Ploy To Protect The Navy Brass

So they are setting this up to protect the big dogs. Why aren't they relieving the big dogs...the squadron commander, Fleet admiral and the CNO. They either turned a blind eye to ship dysfunction or were ignorant of the condition of the ship. I suspect many ships have similar style dysfunction.

I telling you, you need to clean house...

I'll bet you it revolves around inadequate funding or grossly inefficient use of funding. This "Fat Lenard" scandal emanates from the political and campaign corruption in Washington... 

It was the job of the brass to prevent this...they are never held accountable.  

Top Two Officers on Navy Ship in Deadly Collision Off Japan Are Relieved of Duties

By ERIC SCHMITTAUG. 17, 2017

WASHINGTON — The two top officers aboard a destroyer during a deadly collision off the coast of Japan in June were relieved of their duties on Friday, the Navy’s Seventh Fleet said. A number of other sailors were punished for their roles in the crash.

The announcement followed the release of a harrowing preliminary report on the collision between the destroyer Fitzgerald and a freighter that killed seven people aboard the American ship. It was one of the Navy’s deadliest accidents in years.

The ship’s captain, Cmdr. Bryce Benson; his second-in-command; and the senior enlisted sailor were relieved of their duties by the head of the Seventh Fleet in Japan, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin. A statement from the fleet said “inadequate leadership” had contributed to the collision…