We certainly do have our cowboys and idiots, but in this case we should applaud our troops for being neither. They went to great lengths to assess the provocation and determine that they could ignore it, taking on personal risk in order to preserve the peace:

> Marks said a U.S. Navy helicopter was launched from the Truman to get a closer look at the drone, and personnel on board determined it was not armed before it traveled directly over the ship.

That's some serious professionalism!