MSOCS,
Whilst the US doesn't subscribe to the exact model of risk ownership that we do, in my experience there is a implicit responsibility to own the associated risk attached to being a senior commander. The US select their senior leaders based on experience and a proven background in their specific area or command.
Thus if you try to explain to a USN senior officer that in the UK we'll have a commander responsible for the operating safety case of fixed wing carrier operations who has never landed on a ship yet alone worked from one, they look at you as if you've come from Mars.
Not trying to start arguments about ownership, but simply using it as an example.
Last edited by AutoBit; 21st Dec 2016 at 00:51.