> Command Senior Chief Grisel Marrero—the enlisted shipboard leader—led a scheme to buy a Starlink for $2,800 and to install it inconspicuously on the ship's de

> Command Senior Chief Grisel Marrero—the enlisted shipboard leader—led a scheme to buy a Starlink for $2,800 and to install it inconspicuously on the ship's deck. The system was only for use by chiefs—not by officers or by most enlisted personnel—and a Navy investigation later revealed that at least 15 chiefs were in on the plan. So a "screw it, security reg's are for the little people" conspiracy by at least 15 of the ship's most-senior NCO's. Wow. Talk about leading by example, eh? If China started a real fight with the USN, I wonder how many seconds it'd take the PLA Navy to win. :( (Back in the Day, one of the Ars Technica editors was a former USN surface warfare officer - https://arstechnica.com/author/sean-gallagher/ https://arstechnica.com/author/sean-gallagher/ It would be extremely interesting to hear his take on this story.)