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U.S. Navy Ships Involved in 2 Deadly Collision Had Dismal Training Records: Government Data POSTED 9:45 AM, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017, BY CNN WIRE

A long-term priority of the Obama Administration was injecting diversity into the upper ranks of the military to seed the command structure with enough members of the Coalition of the Fringes to take care of future eventualities.