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First glimmer of explanation on Fitzgerald USN incident that makes sense.
American Greatness ^ | august 23, 2017

Posted on 08/23/2017 10:01:49 AM PDT by beebuster2000

On the bridge of the Fitz, the OOD was in charge.

OODs on duty receive exact, timely, information from the ship’s sensors, including Combat Information Center (CIC) about the location, course, speed, and trajectory of all objects on, above, or below the surface. the Fitz’s OOD had precise warning, perhaps 45 minutes before the collision happened, that he was on a collision course. The OOD either removes the problem by changing course by one or two degrees on his own authority, or, notifies the captain who then makes the course adjustment. Surely, this OOD did none of the above.

we do know that he/she did not notify the captain because, at the time of impact, the captain was asleep in his cabin.

The Navy’s report mentions the names of other officers—but not that of the OOD. Who is this officer, and why the Navy’s effort to divert attention from his identity? Perhaps the Fitz’s OOD is a member of a politically “protected class,” despite incompetence?

the officer in charge of damage control managed the damage control parties from the bridge. Since success in damage control depends so heavily on stopping troubles as close to the source as possible, speed of decisions and execution is essential. Like any other officer who has received damage control training I cannot imagine trying to manage a fast moving situation by having someone close to the problem interpret the problem for me and then relay my orders. The Fitz’s damage control fiasco may be a small reflection of the OOD’s failure on the bridge. What was that officer doing before the collision that so diverted his/her judgment, and after the collision that it took him/her 14 minutes to sound General Quarters?

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worth going to the site and reading the entire write up.

Ring of truth but i sincerely hope it is not true

1 posted on 08/23/2017 10:01:49 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: beebuster2000

It can only mean one thing.

The OOD is a relative of a BIG WIG in DC.....................


2 posted on 08/23/2017 10:04:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: beebuster2000
" Perhaps the Fitz’s OOD is a member of a politically “protected class,”"

Hmmm. Sha'qwana? "Randy"? "Butch"?

3 posted on 08/23/2017 10:05:51 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: beebuster2000
Why the Navy’s effort to divert attention from his identity?

Black, woman, and/or transgender.

Enough of this b/s.

4 posted on 08/23/2017 10:10:28 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: beebuster2000
Could it be, that the name is a Muslim name, a women's name, a Hispanic name or a Black's name.?
5 posted on 08/23/2017 10:12:14 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.king seal.)
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To: Jim 0216

Mystery OOD


6 posted on 08/23/2017 10:12:42 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Red Badger
So what big wig in DC has a relative in the navy? BTW, weird as it sounds, it could be a guy's boyfriend. 😲
7 posted on 08/23/2017 10:14:09 AM PDT by madison10 (Pray for President Trump and Israel.)
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To: beebuster2000
Nothing about the strange behavior and 180 turn by the container ship which steered directly into the Navy ship. If reports about that are true. Glenn Beck talked about it this am, not that he is always right. We talked about it here on another thread awhile back.

A quick search reveals NYT, Newsweek and WAPO don't agree about the turn and whether it was before or after the collision.

8 posted on 08/23/2017 10:16:34 AM PDT by Aliska
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By this point, every single member of the crew knows the guy’s name. It’s only a matter of time before one of the talks about this in public circles.

I do agree...any competent person as OOD would have taken evasive actions in the final few minutes before the collision. My guess is that the OOD was not there...for whatever reason.


9 posted on 08/23/2017 10:16:45 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Red Badger

. . . . and a swabby will eventually spill the beans all over the deck as well, especially one of those who has been disciplined.


10 posted on 08/23/2017 10:18:28 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: beebuster2000

In the military, political correctness can kill.


11 posted on 08/23/2017 10:18:32 AM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.')
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To: madison10

It shouldn’t be too difficult to get a list of the officers aboard the Fitz.

Then just check for famous last names..................


12 posted on 08/23/2017 10:19:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: beebuster2000

Two crashes with foreign freighters. My Conclusion is that the Watch was in a severe dereliction of duty. How do you miss a freighter coming at you, unless it didn’t have its lights on. If the lights on the freighters were off, then these were collision was intentional and are attacks on US Naval Ships.


13 posted on 08/23/2017 10:20:40 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: beebuster2000
....What was that officer doing before the collision that so diverted his/her judgment, and after the collision that it took him/her 14 minutes to sound General Quarters?

WTH? Everyone on board must have felt and heard the collision the moment it happened and as it continued to go on. Publish the OOD's name.

14 posted on 08/23/2017 10:21:09 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Aliska

Your first sentence is a falsehood...which you would know if you troubled yourself to investigate it. “Duck go go” search is your friend.


15 posted on 08/23/2017 10:21:27 AM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.')
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To: House Atreides

Can kill?, Will KILL!!!


16 posted on 08/23/2017 10:22:29 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.king seal.)
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To: beebuster2000

Damage control is not directed from the bridge it is from engineering. If engineering is incapacitated on most ships it then moves to repair locker 2 which is forward. If 2 also becomes incapacitated then one of the other lockers least impacted is assigned. I was in charge of locker 2 on the Independence (CV62) in the 90s and had to drill as if central was out of commission. The bridge and CIC continues to drive and fight the ship. Some decisions such as flooding spaces to balance loads may require bridge ok, but most dc questions and direction do not.


17 posted on 08/23/2017 10:25:19 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: Red Badger

Or a woman or homo. This stinks of yet another government coverup. The Captian and XO are crucified on one standard of regulations while another group are held to different, lower standards of behavior. 14 minutes to go to GQ, WTH!


18 posted on 08/23/2017 10:26:38 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: beebuster2000

Ring of truth? That report is ridiculous, written by someone who had his mind made up before looking at any of the information available. It will turn out to be total b.s., in my opinion.


19 posted on 08/23/2017 10:27:21 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: Red Badger

My recollection of news in the early days after the collision is that the OOD was an African American woman.

I doubt I posted on any of those articles so they would be hard for me to track down easily.

We shall see! Or, it will be covered up the same way as we have not heard of the names of anyone in the Benghazi consulate that didn’t die.


20 posted on 08/23/2017 10:28:26 AM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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