U.S. Navy Not Fit For War

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SubVet676 said:
CO always gets fired. Usually a few others…XO, Navigator, OOD, etc. Depends on the circumstances.

In this case, based on what I saw, and with absolutely no knowledge as to what caused that maneuver, I would say the CO, OOD, and UNREP helmsman are probably on the hook.
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now if they could only hold upperbrass accountible for their misguided and incompetent procurement and development failures.
 
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This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows Navy sailors moving ordnance on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Saturday

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This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows a F/A-18E Super Hornet preparing to make an arrested landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Sunday

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Minute-by-minute account after Trump's 'go' order for Iran war

Donald Trump's top general has revealed the minute-by-minute account of the President's 'Operation Epic Fury' killing Iran's Ayatollah and crippling the country's military.
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Naval Base 'on Lockdown' as Intruder arrives by BOAT​


A US Naval base in Florida has reportedly been placed on lockdown after an intruder arrived by boat.

Naval Air Station Pensacola (NAS) closed its gates to the public after a man ran onto the base after beaching his vessel nearby, according to police dispatch audio.

Residents who live near the base - home of the Navy's Blue Angels - reported hearing alerts on speakers, including: 'Potential threat to the installation.'



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Naval base 'on lockdown' as intruder arrives by BOAT

A US Naval base has reportedly been placed on lockdown after an intruder arrived by boat.
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Scott Bessent Says U.S. Navy Will ‘Soon’ Escort Tankers Through Strait of Hormuz​


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the U.S. Navy will “soon” begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz to protect them from Iranian terrorist attacks.

“My belief is that as soon as it is militarily possible, the U.S. Navy, perhaps with an international coalition, will be escorting vessels through,” Bessent told Sky News on Friday.

“There are, in fact, tankers coming through now, Iranian tankers, I believe some Chinese flag tankers have come through. So we know that they have not mined the straits,” he continued.

On Thursday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright also said naval escorts for tankers could begin “soon,” perhaps by the end of March, but the forces necessary for the mission were not available yet.

“It’ll happen relatively soon but it can’t happen now,” Wright told CNBC.

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Scott Bessent Says U.S. Navy Will 'Soon' Escort Tankers Through Strait of Hormuz

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the U.S. Navy will “soon” begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
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U.S. Navy Levels Up: New Robot Swarms Tackle Maintenance Crisis​


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Our United States Navy's ships are big, complex machines. As such, they take a lot of maintenance and repair to keep them in fighting trim, and in recent years, the backlog of those necessary tasks and repairs has increased. That's a problem, wherein almost half of the fleet may be down for maintenance and repairs at any given time.


But we solve today's problems with tomorrow's technology, as I'm fond of pointing out, and now some of that new technology is here today. A company called Gecko Robotics has developed robot swarms controlled by artificial intelligence that may be able to handle some of these essential tasks quickly and efficiently, increasing the readiness of the fleet.

Swarms of wall-climbing robots will soon be crawling across U.S. Navy warships in a $71 million effort to slash repair delays and boost fleet readiness as China continues expanding its naval power.

Under the five-year contract, Gecko will begin work on 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, with the initial award valued at up to $54 million. The contract vehicle is structured to allow other military services to access the technology as well.

The push comes at a critical moment. Only about 60% of U.S. Navy ships are operational at any given time as maintenance backlogs sideline a significant share of the fleet, according to industry estimates.
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U.S. Navy Levels Up: New Robot Swarms Tackle Maintenance Crisis

AI-driven robot swarms enhance U.S. Navy ship maintenance, boosting fleet readiness and efficiency.
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U.S. Navy Levels Up: New Robot Swarms Tackle Maintenance Crisis​


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Our United States Navy's ships are big, complex machines. As such, they take a lot of maintenance and repair to keep them in fighting trim, and in recent years, the backlog of those necessary tasks and repairs has increased. That's a problem, wherein almost half of the fleet may be down for maintenance and repairs at any given time.


But we solve today's problems with tomorrow's technology, as I'm fond of pointing out, and now some of that new technology is here today. A company called Gecko Robotics has developed robot swarms controlled by artificial intelligence that may be able to handle some of these essential tasks quickly and efficiently, increasing the readiness of the fleet.

Swarms of wall-climbing robots will soon be crawling across U.S. Navy warships in a $71 million effort to slash repair delays and boost fleet readiness as China continues expanding its naval power.

Under the five-year contract, Gecko will begin work on 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, with the initial award valued at up to $54 million. The contract vehicle is structured to allow other military services to access the technology as well.



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U.S. Navy Levels Up: New Robot Swarms Tackle Maintenance Crisis

AI-driven robot swarms enhance U.S. Navy ship maintenance, boosting fleet readiness and efficiency.
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Technologically won't hit the field for another 10-15 years, if at all. The initial contracts are 100% just going to end up being for 'research' and 'viability'.
 
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We desperately need increased sub production capacity

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Navy, Hadrian launch partnership, open facility to build submarine parts - Breaking Defense

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said that the public-private arrangement is a “novel transaction” that ensures the service is investing in “outcomes, not promises.”
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I used to have Cherokee in my sales territory. There was an ammonia nitrate plant out in middle of nowhere and it was very corrosive, good to know I was breathing thatcrap as metal would get eaten up. We had make our machines free of yellow metals as it would dissolve quickly.
 
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I used to have Cherokee in my sales territory. There was an ammonia nitrate plant out in middle of nowhere and it was very corrosive, good to know I was breathing thatcrap as metal would get eaten up. We had make our machines free of yellow metals as it would dissolve quickly.
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We used to do a lot of work at that plant.
 
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hog88 said:
We used to do a lot of work at that plant.
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I had Worthington Steel in Decatur and theywere a huge job..after a year, airends started failing and we installed some metal coupons of different material on the intake and they were eaten up in couple of weeks..Amazing what crap everyone wasbreathing..it really opened up a can of worms as they wanted a lid on it.
 
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This makes me sad. I’ve long bitched about the short-sighted decision making that led to the cancellation of our unrivaled Seawolf class.

This is just salt in the wound……

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China’s Own Seawolf-class Submarine: The Type 095 - Naval News

Until now the U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-class stood as the benchmark. Now, it appears that China’s the Type 095 (also known as Type 09V), is built with a similarly ambitious philosophy.
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Clogged Toilets, Charred Laundry, Sailors Sleeping On The Floor: Snafus Sidelined $13B US Aircraft Carrier​


It’s been a crappy week for the largest warship ever built.

A raging fire in its laundry facilities and persistently clogged toilets have taken the $13 billion USS Ford aircraft carrier out of the Iran fight — and it could remain out of service for a year.

The massive, 1,106-foot-long vessel left the Red Sea last week and has been docked in Crete for repairs since Monday, far from the air and sea attack on Iran it had joined two weeks earlier.

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The USS Gerald R. Ford is getting repairs in Crete after sustaining damage during a fire. It has experienced a series of issues with its sanitation system.

Damage to laundry facilities — essential on a floating city of nearly 4,500 sailors — is severe, lawmakers told The Post.

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“Those eco-friendly toilets are not pressurized in the same way — they don’t flush through,” naval expert Steve Wills told The Post.

The issues stem from its vacuum collection, holding and transfer (VCHT) system, borrowed from the cruise ship industry.

A General Accountability Office report from 2020 found it required “onerous” extra day-to-day maintenance to clean its narrow pipes, with each “acid flush” costing $400,000.

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Clogged toilets, charred laundry, sailors sleeping on the floor: Snafus sidelined $13B US aircraft carrier

A raging fire in its laundry facilities and persistent clogged toilets have sidelined the $13 billion USS Ford from the Iran fight – and could eventually take it out of service for a year.
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85SugarVol said:
Good Lord…..

Two months later, in announcing plans for the Trump class “battleship,” the President also said that “we have the Ford class. We’re going to be upping that to a different class of aircraft carrier,” but did not elaborate.

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Ford Class Review Puts Navy's Future Carrier Plans Into Question

The review includes comparing the Ford class to the Nimitz class and seeing what has been gained or lost operationally.
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if anyone can find a way for the military to waste even more money while getting nothing done, its going to be the Trump admin.
 
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I had Worthington Steel in Decatur and theywere a huge job..after a year, airends started failing and we installed some metal coupons of different material on the intake and they were eaten up in couple of weeks..Amazing what crap everyone wasbreathing..it really opened up a can of worms as they wanted a lid on it.
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Does it count if one used to apply anhydrous ammonia and spread ammonium nitrate as a kid?
 
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Source: Fortune
The U.S. military may have already used up half of its most expensive missiles, and it could take up to 4 years to rebuild its stockpiles | Fortune

I HATE that stuff like this is ever in print. Why tell China, Russia, and anyone else that we have a serious strategic deficiency? Is it a real threat to the US as far as might provoke WW3? No. Our nuclear triad and mutually assured destruction keep us safe. Does it weaken our country stance on the world stage? YES. Yes it does. What if China decides right now is GO time to seize Taiwan? The same way we waited for a weakened Russia to act in Venezuela and Iran?? This BS should not be common knowledge. Along with countless other things in print that hurt our country relative to our peers.
 
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85SugarVol said:
@hog88 been saying it for years…. Japanese & Korean boats from Japanese & Korean yards

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Source: Fortune
The U.S. military may have already used up half of its most expensive missiles, and it could take up to 4 years to rebuild its stockpiles | Fortune

I HATE that stuff like this is ever in print. Why tell China, Russia, and anyone else that we have a serious strategic deficiency? Is it a real threat to the US as far as might provoke WW3? No. Our nuclear triad and mutually assured destruction keep us safe. Does it weaken our country stance on the world stage? YES. Yes it does. What if China decides right now is GO time to seize Taiwan? The same way we waited for a weakened Russia to act in Venezuela and Iran?? This BS should not be common knowledge. Along with countless other things in print that hurt our country relative to our peers.
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This goes along with what was mentioned a couple of weeks ago about the Administration talking with Ford & GM about defense manufacturing. Could American manufacturing as limited as it currently is be brought online to provide military equipment/supplies?

The current model for defense acquirement is not sustainable if there is ever a shooting war with China. Where we might lose several ships in short succession. If we have actually depleted ammunition stocks in only a month vs. a limited opponent like Iran without a capable navy or air force against China that would last what maybe a week, week and half?
 
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