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I can't find the source [0], but there was another expose'/interview on the USS John McCain where they interviewed darn near the entire crew. My details are fuz
by Balgair 7y ago
I can't find the source [0], but there was another expose'/interview on the USS John McCain where they interviewed darn near the entire crew. My details are fuzzy, but from what I remember the crew has been severely short staffed for years. To the point where 'normal' days were like 18 hours long and sleep for the captain was 2-4 hours a day for years on end. The internal email system for the ship was so broken that they resorted to just using free Gmail addresses, they had to tape over control knobs to keep them from being disturbed, training was completely abandoned, etc. It paints a hell of a bad picture of the Pacific fleet and it's command.
[0] I think it was propublica as well, but I can't find the article there.
- mandevil 7y agoYour google-fu failed you because it wasn't about the USS John McCain, it was Propublica's article on the other fatal 7th Fleet destroyer collision in 2017, the USS Fitzgerald. The collisions were two months apart. The article you are thinking of is here: https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/uss-fitzgerald-destroyer-crash-crystal/ https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/uss-fitzgeral...
- Balgair 7y agoBingo! Thank you!