Once again, the spotlight is on the failure of President Joe Biden’s military policies. There are few other explanations for the US Navy assigned to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea being in a position to shoot down one of its own fighters. Questions that need to be answered: What were the Pentagon’s maritime and air policies from which the rules of engagement (ROE) were created? What training procedures led those manning the combat information center radar and weapons operators to identify a US Navy F/A-18EF, the Super Hornet, as a hostile inbound aircraft?
