ORIGINAL: Don Bowen
ORIGINAL: herwin
ORIGINAL: Don Bowen
Higher rank meaning more ability? Someone has never been in the military...
Flag officers receive special training in commanding task forces with multiple types of assets. They still may be weak in specific skills, but they should be less weak than lower rank officers.
Someone else has never been in the military.
FYI I am a vet. I don't have a fetish for officers either as I was an enlisted man in the US Army but that doesn't mean a great captain of a company is ready to command a battalion and can do so better than a Major or a Lt. Colonel. I don't know how your navy operates so maybe McHale is the better choice...