mclumber1 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Sailor Acquitted of Setting Fire That Destroyed $1.2 Billion Navy Ship - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM A Navy judge cleared Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays of all charges over the fire that engulfed the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard in 2020. They should make a movie of this day, staring Tom Cruise as the defense lawyer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 heh heh, seaman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 What a weird case. The guy we think did it got busted out for suicide, so we're going to pin it on this other guy! Fucking military justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Just now, BloodyHell said: What a weird case. The guy we think did it got busted out for suicide, so we're going to pin it on this other guy! Fucking military justice. I'm not surprised. Although I never witnessed anything as serious as this incident in my 10 years in the Navy, I saw similar blame games happen. One of the most toxic parts of military culture, and it seems to happen more with lower ranking enlisted and not senior enlisted or (more appropriately) officers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 15 hours ago, mclumber1 said: I'm not surprised. Although I never witnessed anything as serious as this incident in my 10 years in the Navy, I saw similar blame games happen. One of the most toxic parts of military culture, and it seems to happen more with lower ranking enlisted and not senior enlisted or (more appropriately) officers. I just don't understand the logic. Even if the guy they believe did it was thrown out of the Navy, they could have prosecuted him as civilian, he committed arson for over a billion against the government. The officer who led the prosecution of this sailor should have his career destroyed for malicious prosecution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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