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Nuclear Submarine Commander Removed
The Guardian (UK) ^
| 10-26-2007
| Chelsea J Carter
Posted on 10/25/2007 7:39:15 PM PDT by blam
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To: Ronin
41
posted on
10/26/2007 8:03:04 AM PDT
by
Badeye
('Ron Paul joined 88 Democrats.....")
To: Badeye
Looks like they couldn’t avoid burning just the blueshirts this time. Lots of khakis going down with them.
42
posted on
10/26/2007 9:43:21 AM PDT
by
OCCASparky
(Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
To: OCCASparky
‘Looks like they couldnt avoid burning just the blueshirts this time. Lots of khakis going down with them.’
Any other issue, they could just nail the blues. Not when it involves nuke, in any capacity.
Rightly so. And as some of us know, the competition for this type of a command is unbelievably tough. Long line of replacements just waiting for a change of command, or the occasional implosion of a Naval Career...which this appears to be in spades.
43
posted on
10/26/2007 9:51:10 AM PDT
by
Badeye
('Ron Paul joined 88 Democrats.....")
To: Thrownatbirth
The was a pretty easy call by the Navy on a very serious matter. Even though HAMPTON is a high-profile command, the same would have happened to any CO on any boat. Glad the Navy got it right this time.
Many years ago... Aboard the tin can on which I served, I know that our CO (O-5), in whom we had a lot of confidence, was replaced by what many of us regarded to be a, um, less than inspiring leader (also an O-5).
The first CO? Bounced after making the next promotion.
The replacement? Currently a relatively famous three star Admiral.
Ugh.
44
posted on
10/26/2007 10:03:48 AM PDT
by
Impugn
(I am standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.)
To: blam
What were these guys doing for the month? We are not at war requiring the use of a submarine. Were the crew just crusing around playing cards while on duty? How hard is it to just do the job you were hired to do?
45
posted on
10/26/2007 10:12:12 AM PDT
by
LetsRok
To: Impugn
The first CO? Bounced after making the next promotion.
Don't get me started.
Seeing "CO" and "bounced" so close together reminds me of electric floor buffers and the 'Officer's Country' passageway.
I need my aol icons. :-(
46
posted on
10/26/2007 12:25:35 PM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Well hell, she’s been advising her dad on nuclear policy since the 70’s......
47
posted on
10/26/2007 12:26:49 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: Kozak
Yes, I remember Jimmy saying I asked Amy “what we should do about atomic bombs?”.
48
posted on
10/26/2007 12:44:48 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
To: Doohickey
If you want to seriously reduce the shelf-life of your Navy career, go right ahead grape off the paperwork. If there was any justice in the world, the offenders would find themselves standing midwatches topside in Groton, in the dead of winter. There: fixed it for you! Heh heh, BTDT. (Not radioing logs - just topside at night on the froze-over Thames River. Now I remember why I'm glad to be in Tucson!)
49
posted on
10/26/2007 4:39:58 PM PDT
by
IonImplantGuru
(I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!)
To: burzum; Sursam Abordine; Doohickey
If they caught something like this on an ORSE then they probably lost their "reactor keys" underway and had to return to port on the diesel. Ouch! In any case, I would not want to be in the Engineering Department of that ship right now. Their lives are going to be hell for the next year or two. I don't feel that bad for them though. Every EOOW, EWS, EDO, and EDPO had to know what was going on or at least suspected that the logs weren't being maintained. I don't think they were necessarily complicit, but I do think they probably had the attitude that they didn't want to know.Let's just say that Naval Reactors isn't going to be happy that there is now an international news story that says that the crew "failed to do daily safety checks on its nuclear reactor for a month and falsified records to cover up the omission." Nope, Adm. Donald will probably not be amused.
That's a fact, burzum. The last sentence of the news article is:
'Portland will be replaced by Cmdr. William J. Houston, who previously was assigned as a special assistant to the Director of the Naval Reactors.' [my emphasis added]
It appears that Adm Donald has put one of his right-hand men in charge as Hampton's scourge. I wouldn't want to be any crewman on that boat right now, much less a nuke.
Also, from other traffic I've seen, your supposition about the dirty deed being discovered during an ORSE is correct. (ORSE, for non sub types, is Operational Reactors Safeguard Examination. It is typically scheduled at the end of extended deployments.)
50
posted on
10/26/2007 5:00:45 PM PDT
by
IonImplantGuru
(I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!)
To: Gay State Conservative
I first read this story yesterday by the AP. I was going to post it here but it said it was copyrighted so I did not bother.
51
posted on
10/26/2007 5:22:03 PM PDT
by
tryon1ja
To: BykrBayb
I agree. Some of the items were so much a waste of time we never did them.
52
posted on
10/26/2007 5:24:56 PM PDT
by
tryon1ja
To: SteveMcKing
He was a very bad commander to let his crew slack off like that.
Those guys are beyond intense. You are talking about nuclear power, nuclear weapons in a vessel that is subject to environmental conditions beyond your comprehension. Attack boat skippers are the creme-de-la-creme. Best of the best.
I am amazed this guy got command at all.
53
posted on
10/30/2007 3:03:45 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
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