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Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic
The Associated Press ^
| March 30, 2020
| By JOHN LEICESTER
Posted on 03/30/2020 6:30:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
What is a ballistic submarine squadron?
Ballistic means aimed and unguided, i.e., point it in some direction and hope for the best.
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posted on
03/30/2020 8:04:55 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I was in the Air Force, not on a submarine and as far as I know, the Air Forced doesn’t even have any submarines. But I find it very hard to believe the officers wouldn’t share that information with the crew.
Having said that, I knew a guy who worked in navigation on a submarine and he told me that most of the crew didn’t really know where they were most of the time, even though it was posted on some sort of board every day.
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posted on
03/30/2020 8:17:12 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Its been more than 40 years since I’ve been out but from what I can tell from various FB groups, they are aware of this.
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posted on
03/30/2020 8:37:23 AM PDT
by
SubVet72
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/30/2020 9:08:35 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/30/2020 11:39:44 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: Deus lo vult Trump
You served on subs for three years.
Do you still do everything in triplicate?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/30/2020 11:45:29 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
To: Deus lo vult Trump
I thought these days they have email communication (at least part of the time).
To: headstamp 2
It was just a Coke bottle resting on the key
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posted on
03/30/2020 11:53:48 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: dp0622
I assure you US crews know what’s going on.
There’s a feed of news in addition to standard fleet broadcast in the radio shack.
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posted on
03/30/2020 11:54:55 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
03/30/2020 11:57:46 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
To: Deus lo vult Trump
I have been in the radio shack on a boomer (early 80s) and saw the news feed arriving on the printer.
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posted on
03/30/2020 12:00:20 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Mariner
Even the boomers hiding under water for a couple months? I don’t know the bandwidth of their radios, but I doubt they are getting Netflix streaming.
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posted on
03/30/2020 12:01:24 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Nuke subs underway have a way to communicate. Unconventional. Not high speed, but there.
They may not know details, but my guts tells me they know.
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posted on
03/30/2020 12:03:16 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: KarlInOhio
” I don’t know the bandwidth of their radios, but I doubt they are getting Netflix streaming.”
Text.
Small amounts.
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posted on
03/30/2020 12:03:33 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: dp0622
But they will be sad when they see their retirement accounts :(
They'll be restored by the time these guys hit land again........
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posted on
03/30/2020 12:06:11 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I went to China and all I got was a cheap face mask and a cold)
To: CrazyIvan
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posted on
03/30/2020 12:07:29 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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