I was in the Navy when that happened. At first they told us that that IFF transmitter squawked enemy F-14, so based on that information the crew had no choice but to fire. When that story no longer held water they abruptly quit talking about it altogether.

Not even a year later the USS Iowa had a turret explode. By then I had become fully aware of the lies the Navy brass were constantly spoon feeding us, so when they tried to make it sound like the explosion was the deliberate act of a suicidal gay lover, I immediately told my friends, family, and everyone else I knew that wasn't in the military to NOT believe a damn word of it. I had absoultely no inside information about what really happened, but I just knew you could never trust those motherfuckers in the Pentagon.

I was proud to serve my country, and still am to this day. However I am ashamed of how the men who told us to always act honorably and with integrity couldn't be bothered to do the same thing themselves.