Meet 'Lieutenant Sorry': Blundering Navy commander

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Meet 'Lieutenant Sorry': Blundering Navy commander filmed apologizing to Iran for trespassing is 'fun-loving, gun-toting 27-year-old' from Chicago

Lt David Nartker, 27, who was filmed apologizing after two Navy vessels drifted into Iranian waters, attended the US Naval Academy where he studied aerospace engineering. He grew up in Chicago and currently lives in California, according to his Facebook. Several videos on his page show him firing guns. Nartker was one of ten crew members aboard two Riverine patrol boats captured in the Persian Gulf Tuesday after apparently losing power.

 

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[h=1]Meet 'Lieutenant Sorry': Blundering Navy commander filmed apologizing to Iran for trespassing is 'fun-loving, gun-toting 27-year-old' from Chicago[/h]

• US sailor filmed filmed apologizing to Iran identified as Lt David Nartker

• He attended the Naval Academy where he studied aerospace engineering
• Iranian armed forces captured Nartker and nine others in Persian Gulf
• Prisoners were given back on Wednesday as John Kerry insisted no apology was given
• Department of Defense also denied 'a need for any kind of apology here'
• But just hours later Iran released a film of Nartker apologizing on state TV
• It has been reported Nartker may have breached Navy's code of conduct and could be reprimanded
• Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the sailors had 'misnavigated' into the Islamic republic's territory
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• They were reportedly trying to fix the problem when the revolutionary guard took them into custody

 

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The US sailor filmed filmed apologizing after two Navy vessels drifted into Iranian waters and were captured has been identified by his mother as a young Navy lieutenant who 'takes responsibility very seriously'.
Lt David Nartker, 27, who was filmed apologizing, attended the US Naval Academy, graduating in 2011 with a degree in aerospace engineering.
He grew up in the Chicago suburbs and currently lives in California, according to his Facebook. Several videos on his page show him firing guns.
Nartker was one of ten crew members aboard two Riverine patrol boats captured in the Persian Gulf Tuesday after apparently losing power.

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A US sailor filmed filmed apologizing after two Navy vessels drifted into Iranian waters and were captured has been identified as Lt David Nartker

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Nartker, 27, grew up in Chicago and attended the US Naval Academy where he studied aerospace engineering

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The U.S. sailor filmed apologizing on Iranian State television could be disciplined after appearing to breach the Navy Code of Conduct, it has been reported

 

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In footage broadcast on Iranian state television Nartker, who appears to be in command, is filmed saying: 'It was a mistake. That was our fault. And we apologize for our mistake'.
'It was a misunderstanding. We did not mean to go into Iranian territorial water. The Iranian behavior was fantastic while we were here. We thank you very much for your hospitality and your assistance,' he added.
His mother, Darlene Nartker, confirmed that it was her son apologizing in the video, and said that her son always wanted to be in the Navy.
'He's very proud of the United States and believes that the country needs to be defended by people who really care,' she told the Capital Gazette.
Nartker grew up going to private schools in Naperville, Illinois, before attending the Naval Academy

 

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He takes responsibility very seriously,' Darlene Nartker told the Gazette. 'That's always been a characteristic of him.'
Nartker's Facebook portrays him as a happy, friendly sailor and he shares many photos with who appear to be his relatives. He also features guns in some photos.
A day after the Paris terror attacks, he shared John Donne's For Whom The Bell Tolls poem.
The same day Nartker was identified, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Fusion Network in Miami that the sailors had 'misnavigated' into the Islamic republic's territory and were trying to fix the problem when the revolutionary guard took them into custody.
There were suggestions the vessels drifted into Iranian water because of a mechanical issue, but now it seems it was a result of human error.
Nartker's filmed apology directly contradicted comments from Department of Defense spokesman Mark Toner, who said there was not 'a need for any kind of apology here' before the video emerged.

 

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Nartker's Facebook is filled with smiling photos of him in formal Naval attire posing with a woman in a blue dress. The couple look happy at the laugh through the photo session

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Nartker is also seen in several photos posing with who appears to be his family, all dressed in formal attire

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In one photo, Nartker (left) dressed in casual civilian clothes as he posed with several other members of the Navy

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A touching photograph shows Nartker and several other members of the Navy smiling while in uniform

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In one snap, Nartker poses at the edge of a rooftop infinity pool, overlooking a clouded skyline

 

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Nartker's apology also flies in the face of assertions from John Kerry that he did not personally apologize to Iran in order to have the ten captured service personnel released.
Kerry's spokesman John Kirby insisted the Secretary of State did not say sorry to his Iranian counterparts - because there was 'nothing to apologize for'.
Vice President Joe Biden also backed Kerry's claims he didn't apologize, telling CBS' This Morning: 'There's no apology and there's nothing to apologize for.
'When you have a problem with the boat do you apologize to the boat having a problems? And there is no looking for any apology. This was just standard nautical practice.'
According to item five of the U.S. Navy's Code of Conduct, available via their website, captured personnel are required to give their 'name, rank, service number, and date of birth'.
It then says: 'I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.'
The Daily Caller reports that the sailor's apology appears to breach this part of the code, and as such could be subject to disciplinary action.
Attempts by the Daily Mail Online to contact the State Department for comment were unsuccessful.
The Navy personnel were captured on Tuesday near Farsi Island, an area of land in the Persian Gulf shut off to the public, after being accused of snooping on Iranian forces.col.
Carter revealed what could have caused confrontation before flying to Tampa to meet with leaders of US Central Command, which oversees the US military in the Middle East.
His comments were the most detailed so far from American officials on the incident, which rattled nerves just before the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
'It does appear - the information that they have given us and through their commanders - that they did stray accidentally into Iranian waters due to a navigation error,' he said.

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One image shows Nartker posing after appearing to have pulled a prank on a friend by filling a room with plastic cups

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In one photo, Nartker is seen shaking hands with another member of the Navy as he receives a certificate

Along with the photos of Nartker smiling and goofing off with friends, there are videos of him firing guns on his Facebook page

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One photo shows Nartker (right) posing with four other men in green jumpsuits in front of a prop plane. According to his Facebook page, Nartker now lives in California

'They obviously had misnavigated ... that's how they believe they ended up in this circumstance,' he added. 'They did not report this navigational error at the time. It may be that they were trying to sort it out at the time they encountered Iranian boats. ... We don't know that fully yet.'
A complete picture of what happened is unlikely to be available for days, but the central cause for the crews' entering Iranian waters was the navigational slip, which apparently was caused by human error rather than by an equipment malfunction, defense officials said.
The boats, known as riverine command boats, were en route from Kuwait to Bahrain.
The navigational error cited by Carter was compounded by some sort of engine trouble aboard one of the boats, another U.S. defense official said.
The engine problem did not cause the boats to go off course but apparently prevented them from evading the Iranians once the crews realized they were inside Iran's territorial waters.
The Navy realized the boats were missing when they failed to appear shipside in the Gulf for refueling on their way to Bahrain, one defense official said.
GPS devices aboard the boats enabled the Navy to determine, after the fact, that they were in Iranian waters, but the Navy was not immediately sure whether the crew members were safe or had gone overboard.
So a search-and-rescue operation was undertaken, and at least one U.S. ship crossed into Iranian waters to look for the crew after alerting the Iranian navy of their intentions.

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Despite assertions by the Department of Defense that the situation did not require 'any kind of apology', the sailor (left) was shown on Iranian state television just hours later issuing an apology

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The serviceman, who has not been identified, was one of nine men and one woman captured in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday after their two patrol boats apparently lost power and drifted into Iranian waters

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According to the Navy Code of Conduct, prisoners are required to give their name, rank, service number and date of birth, but should 'evade answering further questions to the utmost of [their] ability'

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Iranian television also released images of the service personnel kneeling on the deck of one of the captured vessels Wednesday, before they were taken to a compound and held for 16 hours

The Iranians did not interfere, the defense official said. The official was not authorized to discuss these details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Carter said the sailors were not on a covert mission and were simply making their way from Kuwait to Bahrain, both on the western coast of the Gulf.
They ended up in Iranian territorial waters at least 50 miles offshore and were detained by the Iranian military at Farsi Island, which is home to an Iranian naval base.
Navy officials said the families of the 10 crew members were kept abreast of developments once it was confirmed that the Iranians were holding them.
Secretary of State John Kerry used the personal relationship he has formed with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to work out the crews' release. Kerry credited the quick resolution to the 'critical role diplomacy plays in keeping our country secure and strong.'
Gen Ali Fadavi, the navy chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, told Iranian state TV the American boats had shown 'unprofessional acts' for 40 minutes before being picked up on Tuesday.
He said Tehran did not consider the US Navy boats violating Iranian territorial waters as an 'innocent passage.'
The area is also the route for more than one-fifth of the world's oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which is controlled by Iran and Oman.
The nine men and one woman were held for more than 16 hours by the Revolutionary Guard before being released Wednesday.
The sailors' release came after Iranian state media said the United States apologized for unintentionally drifting into occupied territory. But the Americans have refuted the claim.
'Our technical investigations showed the two US Navy boats entered Iranian territorial waters inadvertently,' the IRGC said in a statement carried by state television. 'They were released in international waters after they apologized,' it added.
Footage released on Wednesday shows the sailors being forced to kneel on the deck of one of their craft before being taken ashore.
More film, taken inside a military compound, shows them sitting in a circle before being fed, while it appears the female sailor has been forced to put on an Islamic head covering.
The standoff came at an embarrassing time for President Obama after he trumpeted closer relations with Iran following a much-criticized deal over the Middle Eastern nation's nuclear program.

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the sailors had 'misnavigated' into the Islamic republic's territory and they were trying to fix the problem when the revolutionary guard took them into custody

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John Kerry, who had a hurried series of telephone conversations with Iranian officials after the boats were captured, also insisted Wednesday that he did not apologize - and was backed up by Joe Biden

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Iran captured these two Riverine patrol boats yesterday afternoon near Farsi Island after accusing them of trying to spy on their operations, though the United States maintains a technical fault was to blame

 

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TheMark1, Anchorage, United States, 6 minutes ago
How embarrassing. A graduate of the Naval Academy apologizing. Did he leave the boats and weapons behind too??


phila_guy, Philadelphia, 11 minutes ago
David Nartker must have washed out of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape training. His career in the US Navy is pretty much over.



SpiritofLakotaSioux, St Helens, 5 hours ago
This idiot would be better served cutting down on the selfies and looking where his ship is heading. This US Navy boat was detained by two two manned Iranian rowing boats. His grovelling response should see him busted in rank and given a dishonourable discharge back onto skid row. What a joke. This is the once great US Navy under Obama. Chester Nimitz is spinning in his grave !


Haricot Vert, Annandale, United States, 1 hour ago
What kind of engineer can't get a boat to start if it stalls? It's the sad state of the USN.

 

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One image shows Nartker posing after appearing to have pulled a prank on a friend by filling a room with plastic cups


I wonder if the Iranians were amused when Nartker ended his apology with, "Hey, how about a game of beer pong?"

 

[The Guesser]

An American Hero. Get his people home safely. Thanks Gronk look alike, for your service. Fuck the Chickenshits who who wouldn't have the courage you have in you left pinky nail, putting you down in any way. They just wanted you dead, so they could blame Obama for something else. G-D Bless you sir.

 

[superbeets]

An American Hero. Get his people home safely. Thanks Gronk look alike, for your service. Fuck the Chickenshits who who wouldn't have the courage you have in you left pinky nail, putting you down in any way. They just wanted you dead, so they could blame Obama for something else. G-D Bless you sir.

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Guessers definition of an American hero. One who capitulates. Not at the time of capitulation, been aware that the outcome would be getting everyone home safe.

He did not have a crystal ball. He id not know what would happen to them. He put the fate of his force in the hands of the Iranians.


No Hero. A bad incompetent failure of a sailor. A disgrace to the USA and its armed forces.


You have a real warped sense of the World.

 

[SheriffJoe]

The Guesser's definition of an American hero:

 

[vitterd]

Watching these weekend computer warriors act tough at the rx is hysterical. Imagine Joe or Superbeets with a gun to their head? They would give their moms phone number to get out.

 

[The Guesser]

An American Hero. Get his people home safely. Thanks Gronk look alike, for your service. Fuck the Chickenshits who who wouldn't have the courage you have in you left pinky nail, putting you down in any way. They just wanted you dead, so they could blame Obama for something else. G-D Bless you sir.

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Guessers definition of an American hero. One who capitulates. Not at the time of capitulation, been aware that the outcome would be getting everyone home safe.

He did not have a crystal ball. He id not know what would happen to them. He put the fate of his force in the hands of the Iranians.


No Hero. A bad incompetent failure of a sailor. A disgrace to the USA and its armed forces.


You have a real warped sense of the World.

You want him and his men and woman dead, because they strayed into iranian Waters. He should have gone Rambo in a no win situation, rather than saved his crew's life, so you and your fellow sickos could take another swipe at POTUS. Your view of the world is sick beyond belief. The man is a bonafide Hero, and I hope he's treated as such when he comes stateside. Go Fuck Yourself, insulting one of America's finest, you Fuckin Brit Twit Putin Dick Sucker.

 

[vitterd]

You want him and his men and woman dead, because they strayed into iranian Waters. He should have gone Rambo in a no win situation, rather than saved his crew's life, so you and your fellow sickos could take another swipe at POTUS. Your view of the world is sick beyond belief. The man is a bonafide Hero, and I hope he's treated as such when he comes stateside. Go Fuck Yourself, insulting one of America's finest, you Fuckin Brit Twit Putin Dick Sucker.

This place gets sicker by the day. A lousy spam machine Brit and a Canadian purple flowers con man are determining who are heros and cowards. Wow

 

[superbeets]

You want him and his men and woman dead, because they strayed into iranian Waters. He should have gone Rambo in a no win situation, rather than saved his crew's life, so you and your fellow sickos could take another swipe at POTUS. Your view of the world is sick beyond belief. The man is a bonafide Hero, and I hope he's treated as such when he comes stateside. Go Fuck Yourself, insulting one of America's finest, you Fuckin Brit Twit Putin Dick Sucker.

He did not know what the outcome would be. They could have been detained indefinitely. They could have been executed.No one could have known.

The only way was to resist arrest. You seem to know that the outcome would be death. What if firing warning shots sent the Iranians running. No one knew the outcome.

What if they had been then executed in Iran. He did not know. He put his team in grave danger. Once he capitulated he lost control of the situation. There destiny was put into the hands of the Iranians, that was both incompetent and negligent.


His career is over.

You say he is a hero. Who in the White house has described him as a hero. Who in the Admirality has called him a hero,


If you are correct Guesser that he is a hero, then we will see him decorated, won't we.

 

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This place gets sicker by the day. A lousy spam machine Brit and a Canadian purple flowers con man are determining who are heros and cowards. Wow

You should have attended classes and you may have been able to understand the difference between a hero and a coward.

 

[vitterd]

You should have attended classes and you may have been able to understand the difference between a hero and a coward.

Why did you wear a mask for so long? You fooled Scott L into thinking you're a thought provoking poster......but not me. I pegged your far righty stuff a long time again.

Vit swings.....a long drive, that ball is outta here!!!!

 

[The Guesser]

He did not know what the outcome would be. They could have been detained indefinitely. They could have been executed.No one could have known.

The only way was to resist arrest. You seem to know that the outcome would be death. What if firing warning shots sent the Iranians running. No one knew the outcome.

What if they had been then executed in Iran. He did not know. He put his team in grave danger. Once he capitulated he lost control of the situation. There destiny was put into the hands of the Iranians, that was both incompetent and negligent.


His career is over.

You say he is a hero. Who in the White house has described him as a hero. Who in the Admirality has called him a hero,


If you are correct Guesser that he is a hero, then we will see him decorated, won't we.

I damn sure hope so. And then you and the rest of the sick cult can rail on for pages that Obama is a Muslim or something.

 

[The Guesser]

Why did you wear a mask for so long? You fooled Scott L into thinking you're a thought provoking poster......but not me. I pegged your far righty stuff a long time again.

Vit swings.....a long drive, that ball is outta here!!!!

You got that one right. He fooled me also. He should stick to posting pictures of Foxes in the RR. That's what he's good at.