In addition, San Juan family members were notified of the situation at hand.
I'm sure that wasn't fun. Glad everybody's OK.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Sounds like a drill, but one of those where only the sub commander was told to initiate it in order to test the crew, fleet and others.
To: lilycicero
3 posted on
03/16/2007 11:20:59 AM PDT by
RedRover
(Defend Our Marines!)
To: navynucmom
5 posted on
03/16/2007 11:22:57 AM PDT by
Roccus
(Able Danger??? What's an Able Danger?????)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The San Juan was the last boat I served on and transfered off in 2000. The boat has had a storied past in that it had collided with a SSBN, was the first 688 to surface under the ice in the Artic. But one things for sure, it's never a good thing to make the national news.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Put me on your sub ping list! Thank goodness for the submarine escape and rescue program!
7 posted on
03/16/2007 11:29:00 AM PDT by
navynucmom
(Those Bauers are one wacky family!)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Could it have been a drill similar to a game-conditions scrimmage? Top brass would know the drill status; no one else would.
"This is a drill..." relaxes the participants too much to adequately evaluate their performance in a real emergency.
12 posted on
03/16/2007 11:40:04 AM PDT by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Where did the red flare come from?
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