July 15, 2019
Why Not an American Admiral Gorshkov?
By law a chief of naval operations is limited to four years in the post—and that's just not enough time to make any meaningful changes.
by James Holmes
Last Sunday brought a shocker from the world of American naval affairs: Adm. Bill Moran, a highly respected naval aviator and budgetary and personnel specialist, announced that he would retire from the service rather than take up the post of chief of naval operations (CNO), America’s top naval officer. Details remain scanty, but Admiral Moran had remained in contact with a disgraced public affairs officer via email and USA Today had filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain their correspondence. Moran was probably worried that the press would sensationalize the contents of the email conversation. If so, then the ensuing scandal could have made him an instant lame-duck CNO.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-not-american-admiral-gorshkov-67207
