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Originally Posted by verticaldoug
It's actually a pretty well crafted article which I bet is not written by a bitter old man.
It is probably written as part of a larger agenda by someone. It has just enough facts, but also has some subtle language (ODA and TAA weren't talking to each other!!!! because we all know when women get made they give each other the silent treatment and implying this lead to the crash).
This is what makes this stuff dangerous.
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The Tactical Action Officer and Officer of the Deck are in separate locations. The fact that they weren't talking to each other does not mean they were mad at each other, it means the TAO and OOD failed to do their jobs. When the OOD wasn't getting reports, she should have raised it to another level. If the OOD wasn't listening or taking actions based on data provided, then the TAO should have brought that up to the Commanding Officer. It all comes back to command climate that allowed the breakdown of communications and that's all on the Commanding Officer. That's why he or she gets hammered on this.