"The most important thing that a commander can do is to see the ship from the eyes of the crew." (LaBarre) is a quote from Commander Mike Abrashoff of the U.S.S. Benefold. These questions were asked when he was conducting interviews with the entire crew of the U.S.S. Benefold after he saw horrible displays of disrespect when there was a change of commander on the U.S.S Benefold. He knew …showed first 75 words of 1135 total…

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