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asterixsmeagol said:I think I've said this before, but I don't understand the complaint that an Admiral to a Commander. There's no reason that a high ranking officer would explain all the details of a tactical maneuver like this retreat to every subordinate. It ought to be on a need-to-know basis.
I'll let a military officer answer this apparently legitimate argument people make to defend Holdo's actions:
"In the real military, clearence level is only loosely correlated to rank, in that there is a higher clearence necessary for the officer ranks, but an E-1 can theoretically be read into the highest levels clearence.
More importantly and relevantly, everyone on a particular mission will be briefed on aspects of the mission relevant to them, and in a combat situation, no commander worth a damn is going to deliberately keep his subordinates in the dark about their objectives.
As a matter of general doctrine, you want everyone in your command knowing what the objective is so that when they are in an emergency they don't accidentally mess up the plan as they react without orders."