USS John S McCain Collision

[Sarge1998]

Als onot a sailor but with four collisions in the Western Pacific since the beginning of the year I think this has moved above the ship's captain level and to the operational management level.

Bob

Fleet wide training as well as command, the bright spot with the Fitzgerald was the core group of senior Petty Officers apparently rallied the crew in various areas to save personnel and perform damage control to save the ship. IMO the previous administration systematically stripped the readiness and ability of our military with the intention that failures would occur. You don't hear about these incident with other navies are they occurring and we are just not being informed or have we slipped that far?

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[browningautorifle]

You don't hear about these incident with other navies

We had a couple over the past years, I think everyone heard about them though...

[painter777]

Fleet wide training as well as command

previous administration systematically stripped the readiness and ability of our military

Big funding cuts Pre-Jan 2018 had to of affected Training (fewer hours), Personnel Readiness and Maintenance Abilities and etc.
I think about our planes having borrowed parts from other planes to fly. Face it the parts bins are empty.
Very possible our ships are in need also.
Are we now getting a taste of our ships and those trained to operate them, starting to experience the troubles the pilots have been having?

I don't know, but it surely has it's own day to day deadly hazards. I hope whats being reported as better funding helps the current situation.

Again I pray for these souls and their loved ones....... God Bless

Charlie-P777

[Gil Boyd]

Too much reliance on old technology, instead of the MK1 eyeball