A tool is useless if you dont know how to use it. War ships conduct refresher training on scheduled routines. Tiger teams from the geographical area come to the ship to train and evaluate the crew. The trainers are very good at what they do and a crew that passes has proved that they should be able to use the tool competently. Its always a war zone inside the skin of the ship, whether people are shooting at you or not. Just keeping a large ship powered and maneuvering successfully takes training and coordination of the everyone on board the ship. ...and yes, usually the lowest ranking men are given the most vital roles. Lookout - for things we may crash into, and making rounds below deck - on running equipment that provide the ship with electricity and propulsion to manuver that also may cause a fire or cause the ship to sink before we can prevent it.
Yes. This is a very big deal Much bigger than two of our most advance warships colliding with civilian ships while underway. Much bigger!
Agreed.. so we are broadcasting to the world that we are not war ready. This is my gravest concern. The responsibile leadership should wither away in some Antarctic post until they resign.
I just watched U 571, so I know nothing of the navy.. but common sense dictate if you are at sea on a warship, you are war ready. 17sailors lost their lives. In a terrible and avoidable tragedy.
Our troops need to train, drill, train, drill.. sleep one hour and train more. It’s a recipe that has worked since our founding.
The rest of the world is ready to erase us and we are only good at finding funny you tube videos.