No Shortage of Bad Leaders: Sailor Recalls Hostile Captain Who Set a Toxic Tone
There’s nothing wrong with a captain giving officers a good chewing out. But it was hard to respect a leader who saw only the worst in others.
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DonateThibaut Delloue served for five years as a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy. He was the communications officer aboard the destroyer USS Carney and the navigator of the littoral combat ship USS Coronado. He now works in education in Nashville, Tennessee, and writes about the Navy and issues affecting veterans.
There’s nothing wrong with a captain giving officers a good chewing out. But it was hard to respect a leader who saw only the worst in others.
Thibaut Delloue rushed a suicidal sailor to shore after he asked for help on deployment only to see his shipmate ostracized and labeled a malinger.