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THREAD: This week, we pubbed an investigation revealing that Navy leaders ignored years of warnings.
Then, in 2017, two crashes killed 17 sailors.
Alarms had been sounded up and down the chain of command.
Here are some of the warnings we uncovered:
propub.li/2DqunJD
Then, in 2017, two crashes killed 17 sailors.
Alarms had been sounded up and down the chain of command.
Here are some of the warnings we uncovered:
propub.li/2DqunJD
2/ 2012: Navy undersecretary Bob Work told senior officials at the Pentagon the Navy’s ships were being pushed too hard. He said they repeatedly rejected one such analysis:
3/ “He would send us back and say, ‘I don't believe the data,’” Work recalled. “We'd come back with more data. He'd say, ‘I still don't believe it.’”
1/ Today, we published the story of what happened on board the Navy destroyer #USSFitzgerald during a deadly nighttime crash in 2017 that claimed 7 lives. propub.li/2RLwNrw
2/ It’s part 1 of a much longer investigation that @txtianmiller, @RobertFaturechi and @MegMcCloskey have been reporting on for more than a year.
And the story doesn’t end there.
And the story doesn’t end there.
@txtianmiller @RobertFaturechi @MegMcCloskey 3/ Part 2 will be an in-depth look at how the Navy ignored years of warnings from within its own ranks before this catastrophe.
In short: responsibility for the crash extends far beyond the Fitzgerald’s crew.
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In short: responsibility for the crash extends far beyond the Fitzgerald’s crew.
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