No, but you did say...
...which is quite an ignorant statement to make. I'm rather shocked that you were the one that said it. You have the experience to know that a zero defect policy is ridiculous.
The now ex-CO of the ARLEIGH BURKE has quite a reputation of being a really great naval officer. Some CO's that shouldn't be CO's do slip through the crack sometimes and when something bad happens, people chime in and say it was only a matter of time. Not in this case. This was a well respected officer within the community and one who knew her shit.
My comment was really to point out how ridiculous your comment was. A squadron skipper should no more get the boot every time a plane crashes in his squadron due to pilot error, than a ship's CO should get relieved every friggin time they rub paint with another ship or run aground. Are there, or would there be times when that was necessary (including the firing of squadron skipper)? Yes, of course. But to immediately draw the conclusion that a CO who runs his/her ship aground or rubs paint shows that he/she doesn't have the ability or capacity to effectively command a ship and "has no business being the CO of a ship" is simply ludicrous.
