Posted on 10/20/2021 8:56:14 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members, and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, calling the massive five-day blaze in San Diego preventable and unacceptable.
While one sailor has been charged with setting the fire, the more than 400-page report, obtained by The Associated Press, lists three dozen officers and sailors whose failings either directly led to the ship's loss or contributed to it. The findings detailed widespread lapses in training, coordination, communication, fire preparedness, equipment maintenance, and overall command and control.
“Although the fire was started by an act of arson, the ship was lost due to an inability to extinguish the fire,” the report said, concluding that “repeated failures” by an “inadequately prepared crew” delivered "an ineffective fire response."
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Sounds more like sabotage to me.
commies and freaks
Any comment from newly appointed 4 star admiral Levine? Yeah, I know ‘it’s’ not a navy admiral.
“three dozen officers and sailors whose failings either directly led to the ship’s loss or contributed to it”
In the Naval aviation maintenance Quality dept I worked in we called that the “swiss cheese model”.
Not to worry. Admiral Richard Levine is on the case. BTW, did you know that, before becoming a 4-Star Admiral in the United States Public Health service, Mr. Levine was not even in the the USPHS, let alone having worked up to any rank in the service.
This is the most disgustingly raw political move to shove more gender perversion down our throats.
Of course no high level officers will be held accountable for their actions and policies that allowed this to happen.
Has the arsonist ever been named? No? I didn’t think so.
Our military often has forgotten the lessons learned in war only to have to re-learn them again.
Korea is a good example of the failure of our military. The US was so quick to stand down from WWII that when the war broke out we had almost no trained troops to defend the south.
Viet Nam was another. I was in the Army almost a year before I had even heard of the war. I did not receive any specific training (I had been using a M14 and the first time I saw a M16 was when I was sent out on a combat patrol).
Fire control in the Navy should be a skill every seaman has. I remember reading about the U.S.S. Forrestal when it caught fire (thanks to McCain) and one group of sailors were using foam and another group was using water to put out the fire.
Training is expensive and I think it is one thing that the brass can easily cut. Perhaps it would be better to have one less plane or one less tank and put that money into training because in the end any money saved is going be paid back in blood.
#1 one flaw was that the ship was combustible!
The requirements must have been to build it with anything that was easy to burn.
Maybe. But I worked as a contract employee with the Air Force for twenty years, and one thing that really sticks in my mind is the overwhelming amount of extraneous bullshit that has to be undergone by every service member, from the lowest to the highest. Anyone who has worked in or alongside the military will know what I'm talking about. When you're already stretched thin in terms of manpower, it doesn't leave much time for the things you absolutely need to get accomplished, such as your job.
Firefighting used to involve oil in a container below grating. You had to go in as a team with a hose and put the fire out.
You were inside with the fire.
That’s no longer done due to the EPA.
Yep, ... Seaman Apprentice Ryan Mays who has denied setting the fire.
That’s kind of what arson on a naval vessel is.
“Has the arsonist ever been named? No? I didn’t think so.”
He was. Disgruntled white boy.
Shipboard fire fighting was a full day hands-on topic in boot camp when I enlisted back in 1961. My ship held regular drills during my time aboard. Response to fire is supposed to be as near to automatic as possible. So either training is not up to snuff or those responsible are shirking their duties!
This makes us look like Goliath to every David. We are. We’re becoming not Goliath, but a WWE wrestler with a cool bad name, big body, and nothing else.
None of Levine's predecessors were either. The rank goes with the job, which officially is Assistant Secretary for health, HHS Department.
The fleet has never been as ready to fight the ship since GTMO was closed for REFTRA. Need to bring that back ASAP!!!
He was, SEAL wannabe ring out.
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