Co-Dependent of the Month: The U.S. Navy
Co-Dependents of the Month:
The U.S. Navy, for failing to intervene in Cmdr. Portland’s likely alcoholism long before relieving him from duty. It’s reminiscent of another story: the Exxon Valdez oil spill. According to Wikipedia, by 1988 Captain Joseph Hazelwood’s “driver’s license had been suspended or revoked three times…for alcohol violations….At the time of the Exxon Valdez incident, his…driving privileges were suspended as a result of [an arrest for DUI] on September 13, 1988.” The oil spill on his watch occurred on March 23, 1989.