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I still have an HII access card for when I worked on the USS Chosin and USS O'Kane right underneath the Coronado bridge. I was still in the custody of the San

I still have an HII access card for when I worked on the USS Chosin and USS O'Kane right underneath the Coronado bridge. I was still in the custody of the San Diego sheriff's department at the time. Many of the few hundred of us that worked there were either currently in a halfway house or ex-cons. None of us received any safety training on asbestos, yet we handled a-cloth every single day. We only had rudimentary safety equipment. Some guys would cut asbestos cloth with a hand grinder, sending fluff everywhere. Equipment marked "TOP SECRET" was covered with a simple piece of butcher paper...assuming it hadn't torn or fallen off. It was pretty much a shit show.

vaguesortof 7y ago
That's not butcher paper it's fire retardant paper. Granted the cabinet was probably metal....
- rootw0rm 7y ago
  yah, you're right, but it looks and feels enough like butcher paper that it says "NOT FOR FOOD SERVICE" all over it =)
jacobwilliamroy 7y ago
Holy shit :o
- rootw0rm 7y ago
  I'd share more about what was possible with the access I was given, but I've endured enough federal investigations for this lifetime.
godzillabrennus 7y ago
The United States government and "unconventional" approaches to labor for building military equipment is not new. One of the most interesting stories to me is how the Mafia helped break some bones of laborers during WW2 to ensure the USA was victorious. They knew they couldn't operate without a free society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmMcD96bHak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmMcD96bHak Lots of other ways that the Mafia helped in Italy. https://smile.amazon.com/Mafia-Allies-Americas-Secret-Alliance/dp/0760324573?sa-no-redirect=1 https://smile.amazon.com/Mafia-Allies-Americas-Secret-Allian...
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