Major career ender.
Posted on 01/18/2016 8:10:53 PM PST by pboyington
USDW has been inferring all along that the feminization of the military, the social engineering of the military, the cultural Marxism being injected into the military is going to pay dividends…
Dividends for the enemy that is…
USDW has been consistently reiterating that the Obama White House’s policies were going to create a military that will be thoroughly destroyed on the field of battle.
Feminization, lowering standards, gender neutral operations, lactation and breastfeeding support memos, pregnancy simulators, transgenders in the ranks, openly gay military leaders, command hostility towards Christianity; it’s all creating a perfect storm of disaster heading directly in the path of the US military.
The outer bands of that perfect storm arrived last week in the Persian Gulf.
Last week, two US Navy high speed Riverine boats were apparently underway from Bahrain to Kuwait when they strayed into Iranian waters, while attempting to contact a vessel to refuel. The Pentagon first said that they had engine trouble. Yet, if that was the case, why didn’t the other boat tow the boat with mechanical problems to international waters and safety?
Then, the Pentagon said that they had navigational issues. How is this possible in 2016, with each boat having an array of GPS and radar equipment? Even if one boat’s systems completely shut down, couldn’t they rely on the other boat’s GPS or radar?
Somewhere during this time, the Americans strayed into Iranians waters near Farsi Island. Apparently, they were contacted by one Iranian patrol boat, then several others.
The officer in charge, Lieutenant David Nartker, surrendered his boats, men and one woman to the Iranians without firing a shot.
Was Nartker ordered to surrender by some Navy feather merchant echelons above God, or did he commit this act of cowardice on his own?
Have no doubt, Lieutenant Nartker’s first action, to surrender his boats and personnel without offering any resistance is a violation of the US Military’s Code of Conduct, Article II, which states,
I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.
Nartker doubled down on his outrageous conduct by answering questions from some Iranian Teheran Tom character, which was recorded on video for the world to see just what the US Navy is made of these days.
Rubber…
Narkter stated that, “It was a mistake. That was our fault. We apologize for our mistake.â€
Then, Lieutenant Nartker really went all out for his future court martial by thanking the Iranians for their hospitality and saying that the conduct of the Iranians had been “fantastic.â€
Fantastic?…
I’ll let that one sink in for a moment.
Nartker was speaking as if he and his personnel were spending 24 hours with Captain Stubing, Gopher, Isaac and Julie of the Love Boat crew in Puerto Vallarta.
Nartker’s appearance on the video and his subsequent conduct during the interview with Teheran Tom, were a blatant violation of Article V of the Code of Conduct, which states,
When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.
Of course the Iranians released the Americans 24 hours later. They had already insulted us again in front of the world and they knew they had billions riding on the sailors’ release.
The damage had been done to the US.
Again…
The conduct of Lieutenant Nartker and his men (and one woman) speaks volumes about the decaying state of the US Navy in 2016. And, I’m not talking about all the budgetary and readiness issues the Navy has. That is another disaster entirely.
The US Navy is basically combat ineffective. Last week’s incident proved that a US Naval Academy graduate like Nartker was literally paralyzed with fear and incompetence at the helm of the Riverine craft.
Nartker looks like a Navy officer. He sounds like a Navy officer. But, he certainly doesn’t act like a US Navy officer should. Or, is his conduct the new norm?
His actions have disgraced the long and brave tradition of the US Navy officers and men that have gone before him.
Imagine if we had a US Navy of Nartker’s at the Battle of the Midway or the Coral Sea or Leyte Gulf or a million and half other engagements. We’d be hoisting up the Japanese flag every morning before a breakfast of shrimp Tempura and Saki.
But, you can’t completely blame Nartker. He’s just a product of a Navy that is being systematically destroyed by Ray Mabus and Ash Carter and previous social engineers for the last two decades.
The feminists, the leftists, the social engineers all wanted a Navy that was gender neutral, politically correct and disdainful of the old ways of doing things. The Navy’s fighting capabilities weren’t even on the agenda.
They got the Navy they wanted.
The destroyers have done more damage than the Iranians or Russians or Chinese could ever do to the US Navy.
The US Navy is now combat ineffective.
Our enemies know it. They know they will be going against more Nartker’s. They know they will win the day because the US Navy of John Paul Jones, Bull Halsey, Raymond Spruance and Chester Nimitz is nothing more than an afterthought, a page to be blotted out by the Orwellian cultural Marxists in this brave new world we live in.
Play taps for the US Navy. It’s done. And, while you do, play taps for the other services as well.
We are in big, big trouble.
Do you have some knowledge of USN war fighting capabilities?
I think this whole dog and pony show was worked out between ValJar and her Iranian masters.
Well, kick the author’s literary ass- with your facts.
Give ‘em hell, Mariner!
Feed that bastard liar, some old-fashioned tripe soup.
Get him. Leave no stone unturned.
Makes the Russians and Red Chinese bolder. If they don’t fear us, then they will attack us. If you don’t keep your enemies worried about what you will do to them if they attack you, then you are on the defensive. Letting them know that if they attack us or kill our citizens overseas will cause them to pay a massive price, then they fear you and don’t attack you. That is what the Cold War proved. The Russians would not attack us and would not use nukes on us because they still remembered. They remembered all the 50 million or so they lost in WWII. They knew the cost. So, they kept those nukes tucked in nice and safe.
I’d like to know how much ammo these guys had. I know from prior experience that they love to hand out weapons and then give you little or no ammo.
Several things this author says are true.
But I happen to know a LOT of current US Navy noncoms and officers who are career people and who are as all American and ready to do whatever is necessary for their country as you could care to meet.
They are not happy about a number of things...and they certainly do not like Obama. But the career people of, the professional Navy, are going to outlast him, and Obama has not been able to render the US Navy neuter.
For this site/these people to draw the conclusion that the entire US Navy is combat ineffective is nothing short of ridiculous and alarmist bellowing to satisfy their own agenda.
We have some very, very good people out there manning carriers. combat aircraft, amphibious assault ships, DDGs, CGs, SSNs, SSGNs, etc., etc. heck right down to the son of a close friend of mine who is career Merchant Marine and operating USNS AOR and Replenishment vessels who are squared away and prepared to do whatever it takes to serve their country.
HAve we been hurt by some of the insane policies of the left and the Obama administration and GOPe? Yes, we have.
But even in the condition e find ourselves in there is a very strong, competent, core of professionals (as I say both noncom and commissioned) who still make the US Navy the most powerful and capable on earth.
There are plenty of them who would take the fight right to any enemy.
In this Riverine boat issue...my guess is that this Lt. said and did what he was ordered to do. He was probably faced (due to either leaked intel and/or bad ROEs) a no win condition where he as completely outgunned and in a position where he could only get his entire command killed by resisting at that point.
Travis McGee, an FR long timer, and a former US Navy SEAL has written at length about this and he can jump in here and add whatever he wishes.
No way, IMHO, did they mis-navigate, or have equipment failure that led to the extent of the problem they ended up facing.
Even if this author was right about this particular Lt...and I bet you ten dollars he would never level the accusations he so willing to throws out on the internet to this individual’s ace...but even if this group of people were led by an individual lacking in moral certitude (and again, I seriously doubt that s the case), to then go on and project this conclusion to the entire US Navy is simply someone making unfounded conclusions based on their own agenda.
Look, we have enough problems dealing withy the likes of Obama and his appointees without castigating a couple of hundred thousand Americans who signed up to serve their country.
I believe you nailed it.
I do not think they were anywhere near Iranian territory, but were set up and ambushed for political gain.
We have a problem with the Brass and command, it is indeed serious.
Sadly, at this point, I do not. When my grandchildren's older friends won't re-up because of ROE, that says a lot. I had a long talk with one young man who did not continue in the USMC because of those ROE in Afghanistan, and I don't blame him.
Major career ender.
Negative, sir.
I only have knowledge of how to remove smart quotes from material copied from on-line articles, sir.
At 0945, Evans finally gave the order to abandon ship. Johnston sank 25 minutes later with 186 of her crew. Evans abandoned ship with his crew, but was never seen again. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. However, it was the Japanese themselves that first recognized Johnston 's incredible actions that day: As a destroyer from the opposing fleet cruised slowly by, Robert Billie and several other crewmen watched as the Japanese captain saluted the sinking Johnston
It is not easy earning respect from the Imperial Japanese Navy.
The problem is never the men, but the brass. It’s never the Chief or the Seaman or even the LT jg’s. Even if Nartker was ordered to surrender his conduct during that video is enough to get him court-martialed.
Doesn’t matter how good the men are Mariner. If your leaders are worthless, you’re combat ineffective.
The US Navy is basically combat ineffective. Last week’s incident proved that a US Naval Academy graduate like Nartker was literally paralyzed with fear and incompetence at the helm of the Riverine craft.
Nartker looks like a Navy officer. He sounds like a Navy officer. But, he certainly doesn't act like a US Navy officer should. Or, is his conduct the new norm?
One must believe that the Navy personnel are fine but that they were ORDERED by the White House to surrender. This is probably what happened, POLITICS of appeasement...
If only Lt. JF Kerry was there, large and in charge.
Well, that part doesn't sound too bad.
I suspect he was ordered, and he will stand court martial, and be convicted.
You know what, always rolls downhill, but there was a time when the Brass would not have given or transmitted that order, it would have had to have been an accidental screw up for Nartker to pay the price if it was not his own.
LOL.Hey, shouldn’t you be in Burma with Merrill’s Marauders?
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