[opbuzz]

Good thing we're getting rid of the S-3s.

Who needs ASW anyway?

[TruthNtegrity]

Frankly, I never understood the USN disbanding it's OSIS nodes, and giving up on ASW. Just because it was the end of the Cold War, they ignored their own internal papers that showed that there is a military threat (from whatever "new" source) every 25 years.

So, for the sake of saving funding, they disbanded 7 OSIS nodes, abandoned any emphasis on ASW, and here we are - frantically trying to spin back up.

I'm sure that somewhere there is an RFP for a replacement system - and there are those of us who would like to be part of "do this, don't do that" to aid in the development of the "new" system - but we aren't being asked.

And one retired Captain that I know of, who has access to various groups in the Pentagon is so short-sighted, he doesn't think to tap any of us, and frankly, he doesn't remember diddily about the system.

It could make a grown man cry.