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I had to take a number of officers to what we referred to as captain’s mast for driving under the influence.

I took that young officer at the start of the chapter to captain’s mast and found him guilty of driving under the influence.

It still refers to the ceremony in which punishment is meted out as “captain’s mast,” recalling the days when a guilty sailor would be tied to the ship’s main mast and flogged with a cat-o’-nine-tails until his back was bloody.

Capt. Robert E. Smith sent a letter to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service explaining that he had handled the case with an informal, nonjudicial procedure known as a captain’s mast.

Benham says Cima's squadron's commander found him guilty Monday at a captain's mast, or administrative review.