Posted on Jun 23, 2016
Navy commodore to be relieved of command over Iran's capture of his sailors | Fox News
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Meh...good retirement, full benefits. No big, right? No sailor left behind, or rescued, right? He'll be hired by some government contractor at a huge salary and all will be well...
Navy commodore to be relieved of command over Iran's capture of his sailors | Fox News
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I am sorry for him. But the responsibility of command carries a heavy weight. I am assuming that someone did something wrong. However, this man/woman may have children, a family and may not view this as a positive. The cynical view that it's no sweat for the officer in command is wrong.
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I am not sure how to respond to this, other than the whole situation stinks.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
CPT (Join to see) well, my guess is all the brass was directed to 'stand fast' and let the diplomats take care of it (hence no armed rescue-response to save our captured sailors). Benghazi-On-The-Gulf where in this instance no one was killed. I would love to chat with the NCOs to get the real story about who decided what and when.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS - My statement is not meant to question the Navy's decision at all. I recognize that there is stuff that happens within ambiguous situations. NCO's rarely have problems explaining the situation, and you're right they would have the details.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS For an Army guy there seems to be way too many things that don't seem to pass smell test. An it sure seems like someone told them not to resist which really goes against everything I was taught during my long career and deployments to hostile AORs.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT I cannot help but wonder if the senior officer of that group radioed for armed support and was ordered to stand down and surrender to hostile forces, to avoid an international incident? Vessels in distress on the high seas are normally offered assistance, not boarded and its crew captured at gunpoint. That is usually reserved for pirates.
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