>Immediate responsibility, the Navy ruled, rested with Sanchez, his officers and senior sailors. They had been lax, even complacent, in their training of the sailors steering the ship. Sanchez had made a critical error in not adding more sailors to stand watch as the McCain navigated the treacherous strait

From what I read consistently about the Navy, and hear from veteran friends, any sailors they could have asked to stand watch would have already been overworked and under rested. Everything I read about the U.S. military, and especially the NAVY, seems to indicate a broken culture of bloat and incompetence from the top down. I think we've been too comfortable as the premier unchallenged world superpower and the services have started to rot from within.