I Prosecuted a Navy Sailor for Miss-Setting the Arresting Cable.

I had the case filed and passed the Motions and ready for Evidence, then SECNAV said drop it.

They knew I could be relied on 100%.

My answer to SECNAV was “Done”.

It went out in less than 10 minutes.

I had gone to the Judge and moved that the case be dismissed. He dismissed the case in 10 seconds. He also was a person who could be relied on.

It turns out the Navy does NOT release flight accident reports. had the case gone forward, the flight accident report was eligible to go into evidence. In which case, it would have been “public:.

SECNAV got his “Done” answer back PDQ.

The sailor got an admin discharge for the good of the Navy.

He was a doper, high on THC when he miss-set the cable tension.

After that the Navy wanted me to validate the pee test, which I did, with gas chromatograph and mass spectrograph evidence.

The Dopers were causing deaths and reduced “readiness”.

SECNAV was very concerned. He made sure I got a medal for my work.