The chair polishers always need a scapegoat.
The real question is this: Do they or do they not have 20 years? If so they can quietly leave the service. Lloyd Buchcer of the USS Pueblo lasted 4 years and was let go. The Pueblo folks were left to hang out to dry. No backup. The Persian gulf is a bad neighborhood. No excuses to be tolerated, especially the crybaby.
Cmdr. Rasch is the fall guy.