[SmithL]

Navigation by Braille is rarely considered career-enhancing.

[SmithL]

Ping ) ) ) ) ) )

[taxesareforever]

He’ll now be in charge of locating banks.

[hattend]

If it has a cutting edge, how did it get stuck?

oh...never mind

[eclecticEel]

A career limiting maneuver.

[cmsgop]

Not very Astute of him.........

[OldDeckHand]

There's only one thing harder than commanding a warship at sea - commanding a warship under the sea. The environment is unforgiving, but not nearly as unforgiving as command.

[Kenny Bunk]

Those clever fellows!

Running a sub aground to use it as a permanent shore battery against invaders. That will work. Cap'n Andy was thinking outside of the box on this one.

BTW, this shingle bank isn't on my chart either, Andy. Carry on.

Furthermore he went gently up on the smooth rocky shale bank, not like that yank yutz who ran his boat full tilt-boogie into an undersea mountain, killing and maiming sailors left and right, and wrecking the boat beyond repair.

[MurrietaMadman]

Pity. They had such high hopes for the Astute.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1551028/Navys-stealth-submarine-will-rule-the-oceans.html

A Bobby Darin tribute might be appropriate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEIDep_UMmk

Enjoy!

[mrsmith]

Gee, now that there’s a hard-core evolutionist in charge, I’m surprised the Navy doesn’t have a more enlightened policy about ships going ashore...

[xrmusn]

The only thing LESS career enhancing than a ‘collision at sea’ is running aground.
Now back in my day (oh here we go) the CO was completely responsible for YOU even if he was asleep in his rack and YOU were out getting drunk and tearing up the town.

“They” say he may get a Courts-Martial. About the only thing that will save him is if there isn’t a chart in the world that points out this particular ‘barrier’.

It sure is lonely at the top, especially when you screw up.

[mohresearcher]

This has already happened several times to USN sub commanders who have damaged their vessels underwater by hitting uncharted submerged mountains, and other calamities. The USN is very strict with their ship captains’ responsibily not to hazard their vessel.

[ccmay]

Respondeat superior is a harsh rule, but there is no alternative if you want to have the best possible military.

[The Comedian]

"(Hiccup) Hello base? (hiccup) This is the captain of the (hiccup) Astute....I think I need (hiccup) a taxi..."

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Hot Tabasco]

Naval chiefs announced that the man in charge of the vessel, Andy Coles, 47, was yesterday stripped of his command

Unlike today's corporate world where the incompetents are transferred out and promoted, the military, no matter where, does not tolerate mistakes........

[NormsRevenge]

not to worry,, drifting sand and stuff can do that to a fella.. you can bank on it.

shame , only 47..

[Clock King]

The nuclear power plant has the acoustic signature of a torch battery and is the size of a family car.

Wow. Can we get one for my house?

[SaraJohnson]

Something I appreciate about our military is that it will remove incompetent people. Who, I wonder, was removed from rank at Fort Hood for permitting a known jihandist to murder our soldiers?

[dfwgator]

"Andy, you've lost another submarine?"