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From gCaptain

Utterly merciless.
READ IT
And from the commentary I saw today? Absolutely fucking correct. The average civilian is a fucking MORON who's more likely to take selfies while being nuked.

The seventh collision involving US Navy boats this year! You gotta fire the guy who programs your satnavs, guys! Seriously, it isn't as bad as the collision of HMS Manchester, with a "rock" in the Pacific which "Wasn't on the charts"; a rock called....AUSTRALIA! Then there was the British submarine whose captain couldn't find his way out of the Clyde (a river in Scotland) and hit a sandbar; considering that Glasgow was his home port....

One Flag done
In Wake of Incidents, U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet Commander Relieved Due to Loss of Confidence

It's a start
But , required. Not enough. Think the last month was bad?
Read
from Sal's - this is just this year

Just this year:
- FEB, USS Antietam ran aground.
- JUN, USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant off Japan.
- AUG, USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant off Singapore.

In May, San Diego based USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) ran over a S. Korean fishing vessel.

And tonight from Sal
The WESTPAC Four of 2017

" Well. it could be worse! "

It's Worse

From USNI Proceedings
I do love that the Navy commissioned a report from a retired Admiral, SEVEN years ago, which outlined all the failures, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO IGNORE EVERYTHING HE SAID

Boy, hope someone got a cool luxury leadership capsule out of all the money they saved