ha! ha! ha! If you are in the US Navy (or any DOD department from many countries), in the reserve, or retired, you have a duty to not reveal details for XX years.
Having a Navy Officer on board will guaranty you to be blinded on certain issues, and/or to be told that they never heard of that, never seen it, don't know, or finally, have no comment (which is what I like most as you are told not to ask again, in a honest way). As they are just doing their job protecting their country. There is nothing wrong with that.
Deception is part of the Arsenal!
I.e. Tom Clancy never served in the US navy, but he knew many people that did serve in the US Navy and the Royal Navy!...
You are better off getting your info from Jane's and you won't be breaking any laws!
http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/de...cts/Naval.aspx