"It was clear that Commander Waddle had an excellent reputation," the admiral said in answer to one question.
An important sonar display in the Greeneville's control room -- showing data gathered in the separate sonar room nearby -- was not functioning on the day of the accident, officials have said, but it was not clear whether Commander Waddle and two other officers did anything to compensate for that.
"The subtexts [of the video] are pretty clear: A commander out of his depth, finger on the trigger, lack of humanity laid bare compared to our robotic hero who just simply cares, who has more humanity than the humans," Aksun said in a press release.
The rules are clear that commanders are expected to crack down.
A central theme of the strategy is making clear to commanders that adapting to new threats, adopting new doctrine and fielding new technology, in particular for surveillance and reconnaissance, must move ahead even as the military is stressed by global deployments and the continuing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A former secretary of the Navy, Warner dismissed investigations that exonerated the commander and made clear that he held Lippold responsible for failing to take precautions that might have prevented the attack.
Instead, it featured a live tour of Trump's new hotel and a lengthy, nearly uninterrupted series of testimonials from veterans supporting Trump about just what a courageous, clear-sighted commander-in-chief he would be.
He made it clear that the commander of the French forces in Algeria at the time, General Jacques Massu (later de Gaulle's right-hand man during the May events of 1968), was well aware of what was happening.
The F-15 pilots were cleared by their commander.
The Justice Department should investigate and the Pentagon should make clear to military commanders that his reports should not be sought or relied on.
