Wise words. I wish I would have done that at my last job. I engaged with the enemy when I should have just let him step on the land mines.

Sounds like freedom of speech comes with a price. Reminds me of the famous saying of Idi Amin: "There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech.'"

@@kylefish8923👈🏻 perfect example of the guy who DOESN’T know when to shut up.

I figured that out in boot camp. Too bad I have been too dumb to exercise that too many times.

"words to live by" - perhaps, but in former Soviet Bloc militaries "keep you mouth shut" meant "do not report problems", or "cover up problems".

John: ‘FAILURE is an orphan’... And “SUCCESS has Many Fathers”... So true, Yesteryear AND Tomorrow! 👍🏼 US🇺🇸AF and Auto Industry....in my case: In that Risk Averse environment, both @ Ford and GM I was fortunate to have Managers I worked for, that ALWAYS Deferred Credit & the Limelight in upper Management Meetings (IF there was any?) to me. Thankful 🙏🏼

@@dennisgoff4723 Even worse in education.

Well, not "no one." The low man takes the heat is my experience.

I disagree with the "no one takes the blame" part of the Navy. In my experience, the Navy's always been real good about ensuring someone is held to account.

@@77thTrombone: "Someone," yes. In my experience, always someone well below the actual responsible person.

exactly right

_Victory has a million fathers, but failure is an orphan_

CD Boxset ... I have a couple of Audiobooks on CD .. The Godfather and Das Boot ,, Mr Carroll .. I'd defo take a CD Boxset if you are willing to put that into production ,,

Please release your work on Audible.

I’ll second this comment. I think that it’s a great idea.

Are you saying Ward's voice will put you to sleep? 😉

@@ARUSApacecarHAMPTON Excellent idea, instant purchase ;

Sorry we never had the opportunity to serve together, Blazer. Semper Fi.

That is also why he never made it to general.

No...the actual reason is that it isn't possible to achieve the rank of "General" in the Navy. Not Brig Gen, Maj Gen, Lt Gen, or Gen. O7-O10 ranks for naval officers are "Admiral Ranks". Rear Admiral Lower Half (1 star rank insignia), Rear Admiral Upper Half (2 star rank insignia), Vice Admiral (3 star rank insignia), Admiral (4 star rank insignia). There is also the rank of Fleet Admiral (5 star rank insignia) which is a wartime designation only and hasn't been awarded to anyone since WWII.

Officers like that care more for their people than they do the service. They are the ones who don't get command time and get relieved if they do. Non-coms can get away with taking care of people; commanders cannot. I've been both.

@@tekha1977 #Admiral

YUP Mobi, Ain’t it just like the “Big Brass on high” to get their panties inna twist, when someone does IT better... & because they didn’t think of it first. Possibly some social embarrassment in the ranks? Egg 🥚 on faces, so the only NEXT Thing to do is ‘Let Shit 💩 Roll downhill’.

The Admiral was not pleased…obviously

It seems to me that if CHINFO was more interested in driving the evolution instead of being butt-hurt, they woulda got on the horn with USNA and said: We want Carrol. His orders to CHINFO are on their way to you now." TAD or PCS - it wouldn't matter.

I’m disappointed that that Chinfo let his ego get in the way. He should have said, “great job representing! keep it going!” You developed yourself into an asset for the nation and they let their ego get in the way. Sorry that happened to you, Cmdr Carrol. You did a tremendously great job; smart, composed, competent. This was one of your most engaging shows for me. The Navy was lucky to have you. 👍🏼 Keep up the great work!

@@leveretth only a smart good leader would think of that.

It's so true. I got stopped for a man on the street poll in my early 20s and they F'd up my response, to make it more interesting. Later as a photog, I saw how the on-air types didn't understand what they were seeing and hearing on scene, so totally getting it wrong when making assumptions to fill in the gaps in info. Now, it's worse than all that.

I witnessed an interview of a political leader by a newspaper reporter who flipped everything 180 in the article. Absolutely the opposite of everything that everyone at the event was saying and the opposite of what was happening. They just wanted an attack piece on that particular individual and didn’t let facts get in the way of that.

They've gone so far as to splice the answer to one question onto a different one. If you sign a release, there's probably language buried in there that gives consent for them to edit in any way they want.

That's why _moral compass_ is important. Unfortunately, that term is lost from the popular lexicon nowadays. Also-I don't want to take this thread down the political rabbit hole-but that action is exactly what a proper IG it's about. That fact also seems lost in our current political conversations. You should be proud of your dad. Tell his some random ex-USN dude on KZfaq is proud of him for doing the right thing.

The norm now is not about filing complaints... the service will come around and have everyone complete "command climate" questionnaires. If the commanding officer receives poor "morale" reviews; they get relieved. As a regular officer I quickly realized that career success depended on chance in equal parts with ability. I see that hasn't changed.

Im so glad he stood up to that bastard!

There was plenty of stutteriing, but if I were the one on TV, I'd probably be much worse in that regsrd.

@@Galactipod said Mel Tillis

Might have to change the name of the channel. 😂

And Uncle Ward definitely should narrate Punk’s books!

Ward is the living embodiment of Grandpa Pettibone.

​@@WardCarroll You'll have to get a mascot.

Flexibility and hierarchy don't mix well. Fox News and other news manipulates interviews. Without training you will be made to fail. Not strange dod don't want untrained almost retired personnel doing fox lol

I believe in one of SmarterEveryday’s episode covering US nuclear submarines two seamen argued over if some material he was showing was classified or not. I think it depends on the interpretation of the member censoring it. As we know.. that interpretation comes in all shapes and sizes.

@@dragoonTT Less interpretation and more memory. Manuals and documentation all have a clause on the cover that say whether it's classified, restricted, etc. One person might remember that a document (and the information therein) is unclass while another person might misremember it as being classifed.

The second and only slightly less famous is never bet against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

Yeah, for CHINFO to hear about it from Rummy was an ego bruise. Someone had to get an ass chewing, which flowed downhill. Ward got a plum job out of it, though.

CHINFO had to substantiate their🐂💩existence.🐒stuffed in dress unis

@@KutWrite no

Mooch is a Renaissance Man.

Yeah that was her (?) duty and she shirked it. Ward did a good job of staying whole.

No, you're thinking of this whole story like a media professional. When you're in the employ of the military, in any capacity, you answer to them first and anything to be said has to be vetted in advance. As such, as active military (emphasis on "active military") he has to know in advance what questions his superiors would approve of and which ones that they'd disapprove of. As counterintiitive as that might sound, it is the razor thin edge which any active duty military author must tread. My father held a high position, even though a civilian mechanical engineer, with Top Secret clearance who put in 37 years with the Naval Sea Systems Command. I tell my boys, who are entering college, not to sign up with the military as it is the last form of legalized slavery in the U.S. This author, a Commander no less, should have known, (and he most assuredly did as a Commander),if he didn't already know, that so very closely timed to the attacks that networks weren't having him on to ask him about some very narrow interest novel. He was there to comment on the war actions and tactics. If not disengenuous, he was blinding himself as to why he was there, ie. that at the beginnings of worldwide reaching military actions they wanted to ask him about some very insignificant novel. In all of the services, anything and everything is to be considered at least confidential, if not top secret until proven otherwise. It is to be known in advance. That's why you don't see or hear from any active military authors, etc. His desire to be a Tom Clancy level novelist, his ego, blinded him to reality. He was there for one reason only and he gave it up.for five seconds of promo. He knew what the limits were and he prostituted himself. In no way, shape, or form was he the victim who he portrays himself to be.

@@danielfronc4304 Well, as a former squadron CO, I'd think he would realize at least some of that.

@@danielfronc4304 What people also forget all the time is that just because something is unclassified it still doesn't necessarily mean that it can be legally shared (think about ITAR controlled unclassified documentations for example) or that it's a good idea to share.

I feel that as a means of compliance with what was instructed to him, he should have on his own recognizance verbalized his own disclaimer

Always enjoyed talking to Tony. He's a class act.

“So, Ward, when you shoot a Javelin missile from your F-Eleventeen, what is the munitions impact in kilograms per centigrade..?”

@@WardCarroll It would probably make Tony's day if he were to interview you again, it would beat having the same local politicians on all the time. Plus Mike Imprevento, the Navy JAG Officer who wrote the book "A Few Good Men" works there also following Tony's early morning show, awesome morning lineup. 👍✨

I was aboard the USS Independence CV-62 when they filmed that movie.

Sorry, Richard. RIP your uncle.

Salute for your uncle. Having given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom is something we should always honor and remember.

Never Forget.

Great book. Unfortunately the movie didn’t do so hot.

Clancy said more than a few things he thought would make a great invention for war machines that he created in his mind wound up being actual real-life devices that non-cleared people knew nothing about. He was grilled constantly for who told him about such and such James Bond-like machines which basically slowly revealed to him what was real-life working technologies and what wasn’t and he was blown away at what people dreamed up and actually invented and working well enough to be put on the undersea boats. It was an interview interspersed in segments on that first real submarine documentary and book that came out early/mid 90’s.

That's awesome, I have to look that story up.👍✨

Stay tuned for all the latest, Darth. I promise I'll keep everybody informed. Thanks for being here!

Isn’t that just EXACTLY 🤨how government works. They’ll go to the mat as I have seen myself lying to cover up at makes them look bad🥺, or might, or could be🙄interpreted by someone as………. It’s all about “ Apperances” and CYA.

Yeah, there's no way I'd want that job. I'll let my good friend John Kirby keep doing that.

The reason I don’t watch television anymore! I feel like I’m being talked to like a retard, luckily for traditional media a lot of people still like to oblige…

Ripsaw may not have ever become a weapons system, but what a precursor to Loyal Wingman

Looked like someone stuck tracks and a mocked-up gun onto a dune rail and made some quick DARPA money. Probably fleeced a few investors if it didn't make it into production.

@@KutWrite I liked the design presented here, of the drone tank -ripsaw... The design was started in 2000, and that image that Ward presented there was one of the de-classified earlier designs.... One thing is certain by viewing this video, that thing would be a scary thing to face, in combat.... Very little to loose on/in the tank, but the enemy facing this thing - has a LOT to loose.... That is exactly the effect that Ward expressed on his T.V. news presentations.... If Anybody wants to mess with the U.S. , they will definitely end-up on the short-end of the stick.

Great to hear, James. Thanks right back!

@@WardCarroll Hey ward. Do you know an f-14 pilot that goes by the call sign "shoes"? He was in the movie final countdown (If I'm remembering correctly)

@@jonathanperry8331 just like "Soup" Campbell

@@gbonkers666 there was more than one obviously. "shoes" did a great interview with CW lemoine "mover" on his channel. I really want ward Carol and lemoine to do a joint interview for both of their channels. I'm not sure that they're really aware of each other but I would assume that Carol knows who I'm talking about because he mentioned the making of that movie..

@@gbonkers666 Allen shoes Mullen here's a link to his interview it's pretty cool. This is the channel I want word to get interviewed on. It's made by CW lemoine "mover"it's funny because he accidentally strafed some cows. So it really means moo-ver if you like Ward's channel you'll love his too I really want to see them pair up. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7KimNeanp6mfKs.html

Word.

Never seen that show as I was like 11 at the time but Britt seems like a shit head lol. Ward is the man!

Their job is to get people to make good sound bites

Thanks, Panzer Dave! Hope to see you around our fair town again soon!

@@WardCarroll Indeed you will, as the Sailboat Show is held there every autumn. Besides, I like the crab cakes at the Dock Street Bar and Grille. Fair winds!

Air Cav. Fly low, draw fire!

@@realdeathpony lol At one point I was the S-3 for Air Ops and I got to spend a bit of time with the chopper guys. I loved that! Don't get me wrong, I loved my tanks and scout tracks, but the choppers were a bit of all right!

Thanks for the effort, David!