13 Disciplined for Jet Crash

arabrab
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:49:03 +0000

Wow.
[The Associated Press: Marine Corps punishes 13 for San Diego jet crash](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j87sNXA22jdYrCQFzRIUB_AMDeGAD96MQN6O0)

Four officers (senior!) relieved of duty, and others disciplined (career-ending?) for the jet crash into a San Diego neighborhood that killed a family on the ground. The briefing apparently included a clear explanation of the bad decisions.

I continue to be amazed at how often the military requires officers to take responsibility for decisions made under their command – such a contrast with the general lack of responsibility displayed in most of the rest of our government. (See the banking crisis and the SEC & Office of Thrift Supervision, where virtually nobody has been held accountable for a huge mess.)

Very tough on the officers involved, but it says something about what the Marines expect from their officers.