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WTH? First the Fitzgeral now the McCain? What the hell is going on Navy. Are we even posting watches any more? Are they not teacihg seamanship anymore. This is ridiculous. Prayers up for the 10 shipmates. Yeah, I know stuff happens, but damn.
1 posted on 08/21/2017 6:46:06 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

More career officers kaput...


2 posted on 08/21/2017 6:46:54 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: rktman; All

I don’t know much about technology (no more than I have to). Is it possible that someone is messing with navigation programs?


4 posted on 08/21/2017 6:49:17 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: rktman

That part of shipping lanes are very crowded and US Navy is slacking now.


6 posted on 08/21/2017 6:52:43 AM PDT by jennychase
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To: rktman

Anyone see a pattern here?


7 posted on 08/21/2017 6:52:53 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: rktman
Both Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and both in Asian waters. And both accidents within just a little over two months.

Too many coincidences.

9 posted on 08/21/2017 6:55:06 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: rktman

If a ship runs into another ship, then its bow, the front of the ship will be damaged.

If a ship is damaged on its side, then it has been run into by the other ship.


10 posted on 08/21/2017 6:55:16 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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This is our most advanced missile destroyer? A major embarrassment for the Navy. One such accident is bad, two are horrendous and must be forcefully addressed now.


14 posted on 08/21/2017 6:58:26 AM PDT by JimSEA
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It can only be assumed that the Navy eliminated the Watch Officers on warships and disabled all radar as an energy saving feature. These aren’t little speedboats bumping around, these are big ships.


15 posted on 08/21/2017 7:00:01 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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2 huge ships collide in a vast ocean. Like a car hitting the only tree in the desert. I smell affirmative action.


16 posted on 08/21/2017 7:00:55 AM PDT by lombardwarrior2
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Four ship crashes in less than a year…Obama’s Navy can’t drive.


19 posted on 08/21/2017 7:02:38 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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This can't be a coincidence. Either these are deliberate attacks or we have saboteurs on board these ships.

Maybe some other explanation but it simply cannot be coincidence.

21 posted on 08/21/2017 7:05:11 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Both the Fitzgerald and the McCain were run into by other ships.

They did not run into other ships.


22 posted on 08/21/2017 7:05:19 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: rlmorel; TXnMA

PING !!!


28 posted on 08/21/2017 7:08:57 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: rktman

The standards in the military have been dropping. Warriors are pushed out via the peter principle and a$$ sucking REMFs take over. Snowflakery is growing. Same thing happened after WW2. When the Korean War started many troops sent over from Japan couldn’t assemble an M1 Garand. The military was too busy worrying about their PR with civilians.

This is the result of rewarding incompetence.


30 posted on 08/21/2017 7:14:52 AM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL - F*** A Bunch Of Liberals)
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To: rktman

Apparently the Obama administration promoted quite a few incompetent naval officers. They must have been good partisans however..


34 posted on 08/21/2017 7:20:18 AM PDT by MichaelRDanger
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When I read stories like this it starts to make a lot of sense why the U.S. can’t even get out of its own way in places like Afghanistan after 16 ‘effing years.


41 posted on 08/21/2017 7:25:25 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: rktman

Sabotage. By Muslims, militant blacks, committed communists, homosexual activists or other undesirables.


55 posted on 08/21/2017 7:57:53 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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