"Gary Warner" wrote:

:
:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
.. .
: "Gary Warner" wrote:
:
: :I'll first admit that I have no military experience, no experience being the
: :captain of a large vessel much less a sub, etc., etc. So maybe my uninformed
: :thoughts are totally off base.
:
: It is.
:
:Oh, thanks Freddie, for your enlightening comment. Have anything of value to
:add??

That seems to pretty much cover it.

:Specifically, do you disagree that the skipper of the sub - as long as he is
:in command - is ultimately responsible for what that sub does??

That depends.

:Or do you have
:some great knowledge or argument that puts blame on higher ranking officials
:just because they are on the boat but not in command??

Yes, I do. Compared to you, I'm bloody nearly omniscient. Hell,
compared to you, my DOG is exceedingly knowledgeable.

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