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Navy fires commanding officer of destroyer John S. McCain
The Navy fired Cmdr. Cameron Yaste during the warship’s Middle East deployment.
Sailors driving the McCain were not qualified to be on watch, Navy says
McCain’s bridge team was neither experienced nor qualified to the level they should have been.
By Mark D. Faram
Navy finds deep-rooted failures led to fatal collisions
Navy officialdom admits to widespread failures at the core of its most basic function: safely operating ships at sea.
By David B. Larter
McCain draws line in the sand over defense industry nominees
If you work for industry and want to instead serve in the Pentagon, you had best hope your nomination is already underway — because if not, you might not be getting the job.
By Aaron Mehta
Crushed in their racks: Inside the John S. McCain disaster
Living quarters rapidly flooded after the McCain collided with an oil tanker on Aug. 21. The 10 sailors who drowned never had a chance to escape.
Navy crews at fault in fatal collisions, investigations find
Two accidents that claimed the lives of 17 sailors resulted from complete breakdowns in standard Navy procedures and poor decision making by officers and sailors on the bridge of the two warships.
By David B. Larter