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SUBLANT Statement Regarding USS San Juan and Missing Submarine Procedures

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Posted by tu3031 2007-03-15 10:33|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not a submariner, but the ones I've talked to on this think that someone in the chain misunderstood a message or may have misunderstood an exercise message as the real thing. If that's the case, hopefully the USN won't be too hard on them. On the upside, all the plans and contingencies laid down for just such an event seem to have worked very, very well, and that's something for the USN to be proud of.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-15 10:50|| 2007-03-15 10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Mike, it sounds more likely that the commands and the subs "required comm call-in list" didn't jibe. The sub missed a required comm link or the commands list had an erroneous call-in. Extremely rare but sometimes happens.

As far as the red flare, who knows what happened there.

Posted by Almost Anonymous5839">Almost Anonymous5839 2007-03-15 11:57|| 2007-03-15 11:57|| Front Page Top

#3 As far as the red flare, who knows what happened there.

There is a LOT more to this story than we are being told, or will ever know.

When it comes to red combos and Submarines, things do not just happen. Red combos are used for one reason and one reason only onboard Submarines, it means we are in dire trouble. Several pieces (huge pieces) to this picture are missing, and likely will not be known to the public at large. (For those who have not served on Subs, red combos do not get loaded into the countermeasures launcher by accident. Ever.)

Posted by Chiper Threreger8956 2007-03-15 14:20|| 2007-03-15 14:20|| Front Page Top

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