The U.S. Navy on Thursday released its official report on the January capture of 10 U.S. sailors by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf. The sequence of events points to a cascading series of errors, bad leadership, poor seamanship and a breakdown of basic military discipline.
The sailors will receive non-judicial punishment in the incident, which came hours before President Obama gave his State of the Union address and as he planned to tout the nuclear deal with Iran.
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