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USS Fitzgerald collision in C7F
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Do the LT’s in SIAC count? Or are they ship’s company? The new IWC afloat concept is confusing.
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I too predicted the readiness crunch, albeit just a couple years after Clark retired, but I was just an LT doing JPME. Let me clarify that, I was a LCDR(sel). I even used the phrase "hollow force" in my 15-20 pages!
But in all seriousness, good on Sal for putting pen to paper on that early on, considering he has a wide audience.
Too bad the guys several paygrades above me misjudged (or ignored) the warning signs and punted on readiness like Ray Finkle.
Obviously they misjuded/ignored the warning signs because Ray Finkle wasn't punting. #wideright
The Expected Pullback from 355
If this surprises you any , you simply have not been paying attention; The U.S. Navy is re-evaluating its goal of a 355-ship fleet as th...
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Taking his ball and going home after realizing, fairly late in the episode, what anyone with a brain already figured out. His blaming the situation, in part, on the election of Democrats has a Scooby Doo “if not for those meddling kids,” ring to it.
The country needs new “navalists” with the barrier to participation being higher than mere ownership of a blogspot account.
Seriously, none of these guys have any legitimacy. They don't articulate their arguments with any second or third level details. Just "I said 355 early, now I say it's not going to happen. Commenters, deliver me affirmation." They all get paid to write, whether it's clicks on a blog or as an author for various blogs and magazines.
Two points I think are germane:
1.) There is a difference between "commentator" and "analyst". These guys like to brand themselves as analysts, when in reality they are the former. Analysis implies some sort of rigor and in-depth research supported by math. None of their pieces can be described as much more than strongly-worded opinion pieces disguised as analysis.
2.) It's important to know who pays the think tanks: https://fair.org/extra/who-pays-for-think-tanks/
Additionally, it's important to know the difference between an FFRDC or UARC (RAND, CNA, Johns Hopkins APL) and a think tank such as Heritage, Cato Institue, etc. https://defenseinnovationmarketplace.dtic.mil/ffrdcs-uarcs/ . The former are entirely (or mostly) gov't funded, while the latter are generally privately funded. If you look into their donors, you can generally get an idea of which side of the spectrum their views will come down.
So, if you are a commentator who writes for a privately-funded think tank with big political donors, it's valuable to able to blur the lines on the difference between your 'opinion' and the impartial, fact-based analysis of, say an analyst at RAND. If you can erase the distinction, you've gained all the credibility with none of the rigor or constraints.
Shine a Light – Navy Acquisition
Much of what is discussed in Navy circles centers upon two broad topics: war-fighting and the material tools necessary to support a fight, now or in the future. However, an examination as to how
Lots of talk here in this thread on how these events happened, I thought this was a decent look into the various players in the Navy acq world and how sometimes need Vs what is actually delivered can vary. Being someone that works so both sides of this (Reserves still doing the mission, and a civi in the acq world), it’s a complicated relationship for sure.
ATIS
"Those were tragedies, but what about the other 280 ships that didn't collide?"
taskandpurpose.com
Navy Adm. Philip Davidson thinks recent ship collisions that left more than a dozen sailors dead were tragedies, but as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, we should also remember that 280 other ships didn't collide and that's gotta be worth something.
Navy Adm. Philip Davidson thinks recent ship collisions that left more than a dozen sailors dead were tragedies, but as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, we should also remember that 280 other ships didn't collide and that's gotta be worth something.
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RandomGoat1248
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"Those were tragedies, but what about the other 280 ships that didn't collide?"
Navy Adm. Philip Davidson thinks recent ship collisions that left more than a dozen sailors dead were tragedies, but as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, we should also remember that 280 other ships didn't collide and that's gotta be worth something.
Navy Adm. Philip Davidson thinks recent ship collisions that left more than a dozen sailors dead were tragedies, but as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, we should also remember that 280 other ships didn't collide and that's gotta be worth something.
Seems like the Navy is employing the "but you f*** one sheep" defense.
"Those were tragedies, but what about the other 280 ships that didn't collide?"
Navy Adm. Philip Davidson thinks recent ship collisions that left more than a dozen sailors dead were tragedies, but as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, we should also remember that 280 other ships didn't collide and that's gotta be worth something.
Navy Adm. Philip Davidson thinks recent ship collisions that left more than a dozen sailors dead were tragedies, but as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, we should also remember that 280 other ships didn't collide and that's gotta be worth something.
Honestly thought that was a duffelblog headline. Wow.
Imagine a Sailor coming to mast for a DUI, and he tells you, "well you know sir, I think it's important to consider all the times I didn't drive drunk." Now imagine having a staff of senior officers whose purpose in life is to help prepare you - a four star - for testimony on the Hill, and basically saying the same thing...
Trying to wrap my head around it. By making that argument ("At least 280 didn't collide..."), you completely undermine the rationale for increased manpower and dollars from Congress to make the fleet safer.
‘But sir, think of all the times I didn’t have a class A.’
Our GOFOs are laughable...it’s like they aren’t even trying to hide incompetence anymore.
Our GOFOs are laughable...it’s like they aren’t even trying to hide incompetence anymore.