OK, how does one rise to the rank of a full Commander in the US Navy, selected to command a nuclear sub manage to be so stupid as to think that stunt would a) work and b) not get him in some sort of hot water.
What a dumb ass, deserves everything that he got - including the publicity.
Sociopath. Add in a navy commission, narcissistic personality disorder and a few other things and you probably get this clown.