In the wake of tragedy, the US surface fleet is all in on simulators January 15 Capt. John J. Cummings, the carrier Gerald R. Ford s commanding officer, center, checks the ship s course during a simulated transit in a navigation trainer. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Ryan Seelbach) WASHINGTON It has been nearly four years since one of the worst years in modern U.S. Navy history, when a string of accidents and collisions sidelined three ships and resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors. But the service’s top surface warfare officer wants to make clear that it hasn’t moved on.
war ships in the region. two months ago the uss fitzgerald similarly colliding with a cargo ship in the region, that cost the lives of seven sailors. one of the things they ve already done is kind of looked at the procedures on who is taking responsibility for the watch, who is responsible for these types of things taking place, they re reviewing their training procedures and their accreditation procedures. on the fitzgerald the navy moved to relieve the leadership of that vessel from its duty. they relieved the officers from their duty as kind of a result of that investigation. we will see what happens with the investigation into the mccain collision. chris and alisyn. thank you for all of that. joining us now is retired rear admiral john kirby, he is a cnn military and diplomatic analyst. thank you for being here with this disturbing news that we re trying to make our way through, how does something like this happen? there s probably a thousand different ways how something like t