Posted on 09/06/2017 8:04:23 PM PDT by jonno
A government watchdog is raising new concerns about the safety and readiness of US ships in the Pacific region following a series of collisions that led to the deaths of US sailors.
More than a third of warfare training certifications for the Navy's Japan-based destroyers and cruisers had expired in June -- a five-fold increase from two years prior, the Government Accountability Office has found. In testimony to be delivered Thursday, the GAO found that 37% of the Navy's destroyers and cruisers in Japan had expired -- up from 7% in January 2015 -- and over two-thirds had been expired for five months or more.
The GAO testimony, a copy of which was obtained by CNN, will fuel new questions on Capitol Hill about the cause of the four Navy ship collisions in the Pacific this year, in which 17 sailors were killed, and the health of the Navy fleet.
After the USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel last month off the coast of Singapore -- an incident that accounted for 10 of the 17 deaths -- the commander of the 7th Fleet was dismissed, and the Navy ordered a rare, one-day operational pause for its entire fleet.
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran, who ordered a review of surface fleet operations after the McCain collision, is testifying Thursday before the House armed services committee on the USS McCain and USS Fitzgerald collisions.
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Can you be more specific?
Fully deploy the Intersectionality Missiles..!
Replace all engines with Bicurious Turbines..!
Si se puede..!!!
That sailor in the background just decided not to re-enlist.
Battle Stations..!
Too much sensitivity training, and not enough seamanship/combat training? 👎
So hot, be assured, my oven can warm a bun..!
Still gotta drive the sub a bit, though..!
Are you trying to suggest that the military has been occupied in matters OTHER THAN actual military readiness?
Oh my. Could it be that diversity and political correctness is not consistent with competent seamanship and combat readiness.
Torpedo fully loaded, flood tube 1, Cap'n...?
WHO KNOWS..?
“Oh my. Could it be that diversity and political correctness is not consistent with competent seamanship and combat readiness.”
Yes. And the report glaringly omits (to me anyway) the name of the previous CiC - whom we have to thank for the current readiness status.
President Trump & Gen. Mattis certainly have their work cut out for them.
I would bet good money that all the required diversity and sensitivity training is up to date.
Thanks for the visuals. I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or spit.
What a travesty.
“I don’t give a sh!t about engineering reports commander, I want to hear that every sailor understands our new trans-gender billeting program! Get it done!”
What is the question?
“What is the question?”
I think it involves baseball metaphors.
(not suitable for a family website like this one though...)
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