Comments on: “In 2002 me and a few Sailors prevented some horrific shit.” https://www.smartwar.org/blog/2011/08/in-2002-me-and-a-few-sailors-prevented-some-horrific-shit/ A blog about conflict simulation & wargaming Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Jack B. https://www.smartwar.org/blog/2011/08/in-2002-me-and-a-few-sailors-prevented-some-horrific-shit/#comment-13 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:12:20 +0000 http://www.smartwar.org/?p=187#comment-13 I want to believe this is real, but as with anything anonymous on the internet it would be a trivial exercise to read about failed terror plots and concoct a story around it. Whether it is real or not the point is very good. Complacency kills, especially in rigidly-structured organizations like the military.

Enlisted and junior officers have it drilled into their brains not to go against the chain of command. Good for discipline–bad if the ranking superior is complacent.

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