‘The American Intelligence Community has finally
done to the USA
what they have been doing all around the world’.
Sunday, July 03, 2016
ANALYST-the Navy is ‘facing a fundamental choice: maintain current levels of forward presence and risk breaking the force or reduce presence and restore readiness.’
Seapower chairman Forbes made the point even more directly in a memo
sent to his colleagues before the hearing: “According to one of the best
independent naval analysts (Bryan Clark of the Center for Strategic
& Budgetary Assessments), the Navy is ‘facing a fundamental choice:
maintain current levels of forward presence and risk breaking the force
or reduce presence and restore readiness.’ I believe Congress must
pursue a third option: to increase funding for the Navy to levels that
will enable it to do what our nation asks without running its ships and
sailors ragged or sending them into battle unprepared.”
A
devastating new report by military investigators released Thursday
found that the 10 sailors captured by Iranians in January suffered from
“failed leadership” at all levels on a mission that was plagued by
mistakes from beginning to end.
“This incident was the result of
failed leadership at multiple levels from the tactical to the
operational,” investigators wrote in the detailed, partially redacted,
report.
The report found the crews were poorly prepared, their boats
not properly maintained, communication almost entirely lacking, and
their conduct after being captured by the Iranians wasn’t up to military
standards.
In a stunning finding, the report said the sailors veered
off course almost immediately after heading out to sea and had no idea
where they were when a mechanical failure struck one of the boats. “The
boat crews could visually see Farsi Island, but were not concerned as
they were unaware that it was Iranian or that they were in Iranian
waters,” the report said.
“The engine casualty in Iran’s
territorial seas is the culmination of failures in multiple areas,
including maintenance, personnel qualification, sustainment training and
crew rest,” they wrote. After the sailors had breached both Iranian
and Saudi Arabian territorial waters and been forced to stop, the
sailors did not have a plan for communicating their location or progress
with officers. “There was no coherent plan to communicate with the
craft of plot their progress in relation to the approved navigation
plan,” investigators found.
The report also found that the crew
was never familiarized with the region, and didn’t know about weather,
geography or potentially hostile threats.
In addition, before going
out to sea, there’s supposed to be a written patrol briefing. But
personnel couldn’t recall seeing that, the report said, and the
investigation couldn’t find it and questioned if it had existed.
The U.S. craft were also undermanned, and couldn’t be operated at the same time the weapons were being manned.
“The
investigation found a lack of leadership, a disregard for risk
management processes and proper mission planning standards,” Navy Vice
Adm. John Aquilino, deputy chief of operations, said at the news
conference.
The report said that mission leaders showed “blatant
disregard for the genuine concern of sailors,” not listening to their
concerns or empowering them.
The responsibility for all this is in
leadership, and ultimately, the man who appoints the admiral, who
appoints the admirals who set the criteria for the American military
forces.
All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
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"The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer." Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed — but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny."
-- Edward Abbey
"An Islamic regime must be serious in every field," explained Ayatollah Khomeini. "There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humour in Islam. There is no fun in Islam."
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"I want to be very, very clear, however: I understand and agree with the analysis of the problem. There is an imminent threat. It manifested itself on 9/11. It's real and grave. It is as serious a threat as Stalinism and National Socialism were. Let's not pretend it isn't." ~~~~~Bono~~~~~
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