The most likely to be true comment comes from the former commandeer of the USS Cole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRR43XgUeG0
Thanks for the link.
The “optics” when Lippold talks of his 16 weeks of training in RI vs the DVD for on board training is most damning.
Don’t understand the mentioned std 3 man watch.
Bow, stern, and mid-ship? Where was the mid-ship watch stationed to watch both port and starboard? And how the hell can a single sailor effectively stand watch. In a crow’s nest swiveling 360°? Color me baffled.
Wow, 16 weeks of training as a division officer. When I picked up my ship in Da Nang I went to a one day rules of the road course in Yokosuka and then a couple weeks later we got underway for a 3 month deployment supporting Brown Water Navy boats. All my training was from the CO, XO, and qualified officers of the deck. Overall my ship was underway over 12 of the 19 months I was onboard.
From what he said more efficient (read reduced) manning means fewer watch standers. We were at wartime manning of 160 instead of peacetime manning of 120. As he says the problem could also be the training regime when there isn’t a war on to keep pushing you.
Thanks for the link.