Posted on 05/02/2023 1:31:51 PM PDT by george76
None of those represent individual accomplishment. Bowl of salad for showing up. Obammys personnel office (assignments) eager to display wokeness likely for own future promotions.
As sad as obit I read of a 26 year officer I knew. Was nothing but 2 long pages of his military bio. No family mentioned, no other interests—odd.
Virginia class submarines are being built to replace Los Angeles class submarines. Since 1999, 21 have been put in service, two more have been launched, and 11 are under construction.
“The 18 Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines are some of the most exceptional military machines in human history..”
Not after Biden and his toadies in the DOD get through with them and crew them up with god knows what.
“Current” is the keyword there.
I’m thinking about the whole woke movement destroying STEM, math, science, and engineering educations. Downstream this is going to seriously impact our ability to build anything. We are coasting in many areas on prowess and capabilities from decades ago. We are not sustaining that.
The woke people are going after the accreditation boards and lowering standards. That will work its way through the engineering disciplines.
The extreme dumbing down of everybody to achieve “equity” is going to have extremely deleterious effects in a few years.
Let’s hope we don’t launch them like we launch LCS boats.
FWIW, back in 1984 with Doug Dalgleish I wrote the first major history of the Trident sub program.
Most common reaction from US Navy: “How the hell did you get this info?”
Most common reaction from the Soviets: “Where can we buy more copies of this?” (joke)
Maximum tickets punched. Will be a hysteric CNO.
-fJRoberts-
25: Adm. Raleigh Burke was a regular attendee at our McDowell/Council Against Communist Aggression monthly luncheons.
Also there , if I recall accurately, were Admirals Dan Galley (captured U-Boat 505), possibly Radford, and at larger affairs, Middendorf, a SecNav - Lehman, and others. The FBI/CIA crowd took up several tables just by themselves.
Also a few generals and colonels, POWs, etc.
Never a dull moment from those who made history.
Thanks for a very good and informative posting!
bkmk
“I honestly don’t think that Iran nor even Kim is crazy enough to attack the U.S. directly” was a reply to poster z3n.
My reply was not about NK, but about Iran which so many here are so ill-informed about.
Thank you
One of my childhood friends dad worked at Electric Boat in Groton. Subs are amazing...A replica of the Bushnell’s Turtle is at the Connecticut River Museum. The Turtle was the first sub.
Not really, the Nautilus is a museum in Groton, CT. Beautiful ship...
NEW - Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week — US Navy
Iran sure seems to be “Cruisin’ for a bruisin’ these days.
On May 3 at approximately 6:20 a.m. local time, Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. See video & link to statement below
(Video Of It In Link Below)
https://twitter.com/US5thFleet/status/1653683480235057152
Agree, but it kinda jibes with my thesis. I contend that they generally wont attack the U.S. directly, and when they do, it wont be the kind of aggression that they fear would provoke significant military response. Both Iran and N.Korea want us to think they are war-crazy and unpredictable, so that they can do things like seize a Panamanian oil tanker, or fire missile tests over the sea of Japan. They both want nuclear capacity on par with the West so that they can get away with more aggression inside their region, skirt sanctions, and gain power, all protected from full escalation because they will have nuclear deterrence, or so they believe.
I know that Iran pulls stuff like the taking of hostages they did within recent years, but events like that seem more like outliers. What they really want is to be able to operate with aggression in their region without outside interference.
This is why most people think Israel would never allow Iran to have nuclear capability. It’s not just because they could be crazy enough to nuke Tel Aviv. I’m not saying they’re not that crazy but I think it’s less likely than what they really want is to be able to operate with conventional military aggression as well as asymmetric aggression (terrorism) while being shielded because of the fear of nuclear escalation.
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