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Navy Secretary Hearing After Damaging Report Released
2021-07-14
(victorygirls) One year ago this week, the LHD-6 Bonhomme Richard caught fire in the San Diego Harbor. It took four days to fully extinguish the fire and the Navy scrapped the ship rather than repair it. No cause for the fire has been released. A Covid outbreak on the U.S.S. Roosevelt led to the resignation of the Acting Secretary of the Navy. This and other mishaps led four Republican lawmakers to commission a survey of sailors. The results are depressing.

The four Republican lawmakers are all serious men and all have military experience. They are:

—Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, U.S. Army Captain, eight years service.
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#6   It appears that in an effort to change the culture of the Academy the Democrats are nominating their worst and their dimmest

A low bar, when your Quality Control is "a you loyal to the party"
Posted by: Frank G   2021-07-14 19:39  

#5  Who don't have Good Idea Fairies, but Good Idea Familiars.

And there is little worse than a dullard with power.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-07-14 17:53  

#4  It starts with the Naval Academy where over the last decade there has been one scandal after another. It appears that in an effor to change the culture of the Academy the Democrats are nominating their worst and their dimmest.
Posted by: Gerthudion Whomoper3485   2021-07-14 17:42  

#3  We used to make fun of the Soviet addiction to demoting the junior officer that made the original mistake and their superior officers all the way to the regional overall commander. A very Asian practice that some ancient Chinese emperor would have approved of. The same Emperor would probably be heard complaining that ..."No one shows initiative! I have to order everything myself!"
Posted by: magpie   2021-07-14 10:17  

#2  A study or report was necessary to identify the existence of "Zero Defects" ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-07-14 08:07  

#1  ZD is for manufacturing. What the hell is it doing in the Navy?
Posted by: Knuckles Slererong5344   2021-07-14 06:32  

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