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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Yet you still ignore the inconvenient fact that the carrier was not under attack, was not under any threat and was static in US controlled waters off the shore of our base in Guam. He mentioned that in his statement and it was a valid consideration in his decision.
And you seem sure a congressman would eagerly do what he requested? You still won’t answer my questions about politics, bureaucracy and plain old BS being integral to many decisions at all levels, especially congressional.
We can agree to disagree but your unwillingness to consider all the facts is disappointing.
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I assume this question is directed towards me.
Please understand the following points;
The decision to remove a commander from his duty assignment is WAY above thie pay grade of this Deputy Commander..
I am sure, as suggested in other posts in this thread, there is more to the story. Perhaps things may become clearer in the weeks to come.
As Tcar stated, the military must assume we are going to be attacked at any time, at any place, in hostile waters or friendly, complacency is inviting disaster.
I am surprised you think the Captain’s representative in Congress wouldn’t take his call. No doubt the Captain is one of the congressman’s most important constituents. Yes the Captain’s representative WOULD take the call and he would eagerly do anything to help the crew of the Theodore Roosevelt. In fact, I can guarantee that if the Captain contacted ANY member of the House Armed Services Committee they would bend over backwards to help him.
I am not exactly sure what facts you want ME to consider. I went to great length to point out protocol for sending critical information to superiors. To be blunt, the Captain violated the rules, he put his vessel at risk by exposing vulnerabilities. Not to mention what the families went through when the news broke of the outbreak on the ship.
We can disagree about the Captain’s dismissal, but Not about his actions. He was wrong to send the email through an unsecure system and CC ing 20-30 other people.
That fact ALONE would be enough to get other military members arrested, tried, and suffer a reduction of rank. If you insist I can provide examples.
EDIT: Oh what the heck. . . Here are some examples
https://www.thedailybeast.com/hero-marine-nailed-for-secret-email-what-did-he-do-that-hillary-didnt
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/03/27/pentagon-chief-used-personal-email-account-for-nearly-a-year.html
https://www.army.mil/article/103528/soldiers_must_consider_opsec_when_using_social_med ia
From the Army times article.
“(Soldiers) are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and could face corrective or disciplinary action if they violate the rules of conduct at any time, he said.
Those violations would include a
Soldier releasing sensitive information, insulting his or her chain of command, posting discriminatory statements, or sharing or linking to inappropriate material.”
Here is one of the questions from our CyberAwareness course . . ,
“It is getting late on Friday. You are reviewing your employees annual self evaluation. Your comments are due on Monday. You can email your employees information to yourself so you can work on it this weekend and go home now. Which method would be the BEST way to send this information?”
ANSWER:
Use the government email system so you can encrypt the information and open the email on your government issued laptop.