Posted on 10/11/2017 7:18:19 AM PDT by mandaladon
Only the CO and XO. The senior chief mentioned is from the previous navy collision.
Obama’s Affirmative Action Navy
This was our newest super-duper ship with all the navigation bells and whistles that couldn’t detect an oil tanker. Pathetic.
Sanchez & Sanchez got deported from their positions - for incompetence ... Hmm ... Well, I guess they’re both now “undocumented” naval officers.
He is a rough and ready Navy war fighter!
errr, used to be.
Just the way it is.
She's a ship, not a boat, and her namesakes are very dead.
[[Why on earth would they name a boat after a living a$$hole?
You never know what the damn fool will do next.]]
He is a screw up and a disgrace but his father and grandfather were both Admirals , both were named John McCain.
The ship was named after both Admirals and not the Senator .
Find it difficult to believe, given our Navy’s optempo over the last 15 years, that the CO only had three deployments. Most Department Heads have more than that. Apparently the key to selection for command of a billion dollar warship is duty as an Admiral’s aide and a tour in the Puzzle Palace, not demonstrated competence at sea.
It was named after his father...
SGT Provo WANTED his name on the privy.
"Sanchez and Sanchez" has "obama social experiment" written all over it.
That would be the Command Master Chief. While there was no such billet when I was in, I believe it’s the most senior Master Chief on the ship.
That is the way it rolls and has been for decades.
A good friend of mine was selected to command a "boomer" but at the last minute the aide to some admiral high up at the Pentagon was given the boat.
FYI ..... the ship is named from Admiral John McCain who commanded Naval Aviation in the Pacific during WW II.
That included Marine Squadron 214 of Black Sheep fame.
Gotta give commands to the Anglos. Let the Mexicans drive the Chevvies.
It was named after his Father or Grandfather, both admirals, also named John McCain.
Named after McCain’s grandfather (who commanded Navy air assets in the Pacific during WWII), and his father, who was CINCPAC while Johnny was in the Hanoi Hilton.
McCain’s father and grandfather were honorable men who served the country faithfully and honorably. Can’t say the same about the Senator.
Yes that seems obvious.
Ten of your crew dead - some heads need to roll. They are lucky they are not facing Article 15 proceedings.
Sailors consider it bad luck to change the name of a ship one it is commissioned.
I want you to paint this name on the bow of your ship: Leper Colony. Because in it you're gonna get every deadbeat in the outfit. Every man with a penchant for head colds. If there's a lookout who can't hit his plate with his fork, you get him. If there's a navigator who can't find the men's room, you get him. Because you rate him.
Maybe the Navy needs a ship of misfits as a lesson to the rest of the fleet?
-PJ
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