U.S. Navy Not Fit For War

[hog88]

Really? A fire on a ship was caused by spending too much time on diversity training?

Give me a break.

Root cause could have been a lack of firefighting training or lack of maintenance training. Only so many hours in a day.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Take out or GPS satellites and we're done.

I would go for cell towers. The millennials would lose their ever loving minds.

 

[midnight orange]

Both the Trump and Biden admins accuse them of torturing there own citizens. China isnt living in woke land.

Both Trump and Biden are idiots.

 

[Matt2496]

Take out or GPS satellites and we're done.

China has actually tested anti-satellite weapons.

 

[allvol123]

Both Trump and Biden are idiots.

That might have some truth to it, but so does the accusation of China's state sponsored torture of their own citizens.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Take out or GPS satellites and we're done.

The good news is everybody will be blind if Russia’s GLONASS gets hit too. And I’m pretty sure commercial receivers operate in dual mode both GPS and GLONASS I know my Garmin does.

 

[NorthDallas40]

China has actually tested anti-satellite weapons.

We all have.

 

[hog88]

Both Trump and Biden are idiots.

True but China is our number 1 adversary. Granted, China isn't going to invade our shores but they will gradually push us back to them.

 

[Matt2496]

We all have.

Let’s hope we never have to use them

 

[hog88]

China has actually tested anti-satellite weapons.

Yep, using our tech.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Let’s hope we never have to use them

If anybody on either side starts shooting at nav satellites thats WWIII.

 

[VolStrom]

China has actually tested anti-satellite weapons.

Yeah and from what I understand there is the largest debris field where they exploded their test missile in space which makes that altitude unusable.

 

[midnight orange]

That might have some truth to it, but so does the accusation of China's state sponsored torture of their own citizens.

There are dozens of countries in Africa that torture their own citizens, not to mention “ally” Saudi Arabia that we don’t seem to have a problem with. Also, I don’t believe anything politicians say.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

'Every officer is up to speed on Diversity Training. Not so much ship handling': Scathing official report finds US Navy is not fit for war because of risk averse, politically correct, control-freak top brass

A scathing new report commissioned by members of Congress has claimed that the Navy's surface warfare forces have systemic training and leadership issues, including a focus on diversity that overshadows basic readiness skills.

The report prepared by Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle and Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, both retired, came in response to recent Naval disasters, including the burning of the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego, two collisions involving Navy ships in the Pacific and the surrender of two small craft to Iran.

The report found that a staggering 94 percent of the subjects believed the recent Naval disasters were 'part of a broader problem in Navy culture or leadership.'

'I guarantee you every unit in the Navy is up to speed on their diversity training. I'm sorry that I can't say the same of their ship handling training,' said one recently retired senior enlisted leader.

A fire is seen on board USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 12, 2020 in San Diego. The $750 million ship had to be scrapped due to fire damage

The report focused on issued within the Navy's surface warfare forces, as opposed to submarine and aviation, and suggested that issues in the surface fleet could be unique due to better funding and training for submarine and aviation units.

One of the key issues raised by the officers interviewed for the report was a concern that Navy leaders spend more time focusing on diversity training than on developing warfighting capacity and key operational skills.

'Sometimes I think we care more about whether we have enough diversity officers than if we'll survive a fight with the Chinese navy,' lamented one lieutenant currently on active duty.

'It's criminal. They think my only value is as a black woman. But you cut our ship open with a missile and we'll all bleed the same color,' she added.

One recent destroyer captain said: 'where someone puts their time shows what their priorities are. And we've got so many messages about X, Y, Z appreciation month, or sexual assault prevention, or you name it. We don't even have close to that same level of emphasis on actual warfighting.'

'The non-combat curricula consume Navy resources, clog inboxes, create administrative quagmires, and monopolize precious training time. By weighing down sailors with non-combat related training and administrative burdens, both Congress and Navy leaders risk sending them into battle less prepared and less focused than their opponents,' the report added.

'The Navy treats warfighting readiness as a compliance issue,' said one career commander. 'You might even use the term compliance-centered warfare as opposed to adversary-centered warfare or warfighter-centered warfare.'

Navy is in disarray and focusing more on diversity training than warfighting, report says | Daily Mail Online

If this is the case, then maybe we should do all that we can to avoid war.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

China is the new “Germans bayoneting Belgian children” in order to keep the war profits flowing.

Iraqis and babies in incubators?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I'm sure it was some hyperbole. To laugh the idea off would signal you dont know history and arent watching China at the moment.

Uh huh.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

You get your vaccine?

To play your card.

NUNNAYER BIZNIS!

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

True but China is our number 1 adversary. Granted, China isn't going to invade our shores but they will gradually push us back to them.

Which is probably where we should be anyways...

 

[hog88]

Which is probably where we should be anyways...

Nah, we need to project power globally. Ensure the trade routes stay open, free and commerce is unimpeded. We no longer have the infrastructure/willpower to be isolationists and if we let China control global commerce they could really hurt us without firing a shot.

 

[C-south]

Root cause could have been a lack of firefighting training or lack of maintenance training. Only so many hours in a day.

Only training that matters is diversity training. Gotta stay “woke” and weed out the all those white “extremists”.

 

[VolStrom]

Nah, we need to project power globally. Ensure the trade routes stay open, free and commerce is unimpeded. We no longer have the infrastructure/willpower to be isolationists and if we let China control global commerce they could really hurt us without firing a shot.

Where have you been, our country was there 10 years ago, we're F'd.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Nah, we need to project power globally. Ensure the trade routes stay open, free and commerce is unimpeded. We no longer have the infrastructure/willpower to be isolationists and if we let China control global commerce they could really hurt us without firing a shot.

The other countries need to import and export just as much as we do. Let them chip in or takeover in their regions of influence, and we can handle the navigation within this hemisphere. India, China, Australia, The Middle East states, Japan and South Korea all have vested interests in having shipping lanes open.

 

[Orangeburst]

The good news is everybody will be blind if Russia’s GLONASS gets hit too. And I’m pretty sure commercial receivers operate in dual mode both GPS and GLONASS I know my Garmin does.

Dong they have INS as back up guidance for most systems and weapons?

 

[PEPPERJAX]

The good news is that the Biden administration & our defense department have done an impeccable job of ensuring our brave men and women in the navy are trained in the fine art of diversity & inclusion. Long gone are the days of bias, macroaggression, inequality etc.

I do hope that when push comes to shove the service members remember how to launch torpedoes, raise a periscope, or extinguish a got dayum fire on a vessel!

 

[hog88]

The other countries need to import and export just as much as we do. Let them chip in or takeover in their regions of influence, and we can handle the navigation within this hemisphere. India, China, Australia, The Middle East states, Japan and South Korea all have vested interests in having shipping lanes open.

Sure they do and I'm a proponent of them chipping in or even outright paying us for our services.